Hine's Emerald Dragonfly

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iHine's Emerald Dragonfly

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Somatochlora
Species: S. hineana
Binomial name
Somatochlora hineana

The Hine's Emerald Dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) is a dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.

Globally, the species is extremely rare. The largest breeding population known is in Door County, Wisconsin. The only other known populations occur at small sites in northern Michigan, northeastern Illinois, and a recently discovered site in Missouri.

One site where the species is present in good numbers is The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.

Hine's Emerald is listed on the United States Federal List of Endangered Species, the only species of Odonata so listed.

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