| Broad-bodied chaser | |
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| male Wolvercote Lakes, Oxfordshire | |
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| female Otmoor, Oxfordshire | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Libellula |
| Species: | L. depressa
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| Binomial name | |
| Libellula depressa | |
Libellula depressa, the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter,[1] is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe and central Asia. It is very distinctive with a very broad flattened abdomen, four wing patches and, in the male, the abdomen becomes pruinose blue.
- ^ Hart. M., et al, (1978), The Naturetrail Omnibus, London: Usborne Publishing Limited, page 157