Aeshna viridis, the green hawker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, lakes, and marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss in parts of its range but in general it is not very vulnerable.[2]
| Green hawker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Aeshna |
| Species: | A. viridis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836
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References
edit- ^ Sahlén, G. (2020). "Aeshna viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T563A138481922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T563A138481922.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Borkenstein, A.; Schröter, A.; Jödicke, R. (2016). "Aeshna Viridis is an Early Bird – Matutinal Matings in a Crepuscular Species (Odonata: Aeshnidae)". Odonatologica. 45 (1/2): 37–56. doi:10.5281/Zenodo.50848.
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