Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935 is a animal in the Corduliidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935

Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935

The Balkan emerald (Somatochlora meridionalis) is a Corduliidae dragonfly found in southeastern Europe at narrow shaded streams.

Family
Genus
Somatochlora
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935

Somatochlora meridionalis, commonly known as the Balkan emerald, is a dragonfly species belonging to the family Corduliidae. This species is distributed across southeastern Europe, ranging from France through the Czech Republic to Turkey. It inhabits narrow, shallow, shaded streams.

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Corduliidae Somatochlora

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