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Anax imperator Leach, 1815

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Leach, William E. 1815. Entomology. Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by David Brewster 9: 57-172.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Odonata
family
Aeshnidae
genus
Anax
species
Anax imperator

Name

Synonyms
Aeschna azurea Charpentier, 1825
Aeschna dorsalis Burmeister, 1839
Aeschna formosa Vander Linden, 1823
Aeschna lunata Kolenati, 1856
Aeshna formosa Vander Linden, 1820
Anax formosa Vander Linden, 1823
Anax imperator mauricianus (Rambur, 1842)
Anax mauricianus Rambur, 1842
Anax mauritianus Rambur, 1842
Homonyms
Anax imperator Leach, 1815
Common names
Anax Empereur in French
Anax empereur (L') in French
Anax empereur (L') in French
Bloukeiser in Afrikaans
Blue Emperor in English
Emperador azul in Spanish
Emperador blau in Catalan–Valencian
Emperador grande in Galician
Emperor Dragonfly in English
Emperor Dragonfly in English
Grosse Königslibelle in German
Grote keizerlibel in Dutch
Grote keizerlibel in Dutch
Große Königslibelle in German
Große Königslibelle in German
Husarz władca in Polish
Imperatore comune in Italian
Imperatoriškasis Laumžirgis in Lithuanian
Perandori blu in Albanian
Rohevööt-kuningkiil in Estonian
Stor kejserguldsmed in Danish
Stor kejserguldsmed in Danish
Tira-olhos imperador in Portuguese
Veliki car in Croatian
Veliki carević in Serbian
Veliki spremljevalec in Slovenian
Ymerawdwr in Welsh
Ymerawdwyr in Welsh
Yr Ymerawdwr in Welsh
anax empereur in French
blå kejsartrollslända in Swedish
emperor dragonfly in English
emperor dragonfly in English
grote keizerlibel in Dutch
keisarikorento in Finnish
keisarikorento in Finnish
kejsartrollslända in Swedish
storkeisarlibelle in Nynorsk, Norwegian
storkeiserlibelle in Norwegian Bokmål
tairbh-nathrach ìmpireil in Scottish Gaelic
tarbh-nathrach ìmpireil in Scottish Gaelic
zöld óriásacsa in Hungarian
Šidlo obrovské in Slovak
šídlo královské in Czech
Βασιλική λιβελούλα in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Дозорець-володар in Ukrainian
Дозорець-імператор in Ukrainian
Дозорець-імператор in Ukrainian
Дозорець-імператор in Ukrainian
Дозорець-імператор in Ukrainian

Bibliographic References

  1. (2015) Atlas of the European dragonflies and damselflies
  2. Askew, R.R. (1988)
  3. Clement, Saxton, Standring, Arnold, Johnson, Bybee & Bybee (2022) Phylogeny, migration and geographic range size evolution of Anax dragonflies (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)
  4. Dijkstra, K.D.B. et al. (2002)
  5. Heidemann, H. & Seidenbusch, R. (2002)
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2026) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2026) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
  8. Proess, R., 2006. Rote Liste der Libellen Luxemburgs. 3. Fassung, 2006 (Insecta, Odonata). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 107 : 123-130. http://www.snl.lu/publications/bulletin/SNL_2006_107_123_130.pdf
  9. Sahlén (1996) Sveriges trollsländor
  10. [Leach] (1815) Entomology, in The Edinburgh Encyclopædia, vol. IX, part 1
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