Somatochlora alpestris

Somatochlora alpestris
A male in French Alps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species:
S. alpestris
Binomial name
Somatochlora alpestris
(Selys, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cordulia alpestris Selys, 1840

Somatochlora alpestris, or the alpine emerald, is a species of dragonfly from the family Corduliidae. It is found in European highlands, southern Scandinavia, and east to southern Siberia in Asia.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WOL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Boudot, Jean-Pierre; Kalkman, Vincent J., eds. (2015). Atlas of the European dragonflies and damselflies. Netherlands: KNNV Publishing. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-90-5011-4806.