Lesser Emperor
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| Anax parthenope (Sélys, 1839[1]) Original genus: Aeshna |
The Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) is an European dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. It is widespread in Southern Europe. The Lesser Emperor has green eyes and a brownish thorax, which lacks the black markings common to many other members of its family. The abdomen is greenish brown and has a blue band at the top of the abdomen that extends down both sides of the abdomen. Adult males have terrories around ponds.
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- ^ Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, 6 (1839), 389
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