Odonata

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2,489,337 records (2,489,617 in total)

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Datasets

193 datasets have provided data to the NBN Atlas for this order.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Odonata
  • UKSI
Synonym Source
Odonata synonym
  • UKSI
Common Name Source
dragonflies preferred
  • UKSI
Dragonfly
  • UKSI
Indet Dragon/Damselfly
  • UKSI
Invertebrates (Damselflies & Dragonflies)
  • UKSI
tairbh-nathrach Scottish Gaelic local
  • UKSI
tarbh-nathrach Scottish Gaelic local
  • UKSI
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Classification

unranked
Biota
domain
Eukaryota
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
subphylum
Hexapoda
class
Insecta
order
Odonata
suborder
Zygoptera 
family
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842 
family
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850 
family
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890 
family
Cordulegastridae Calvert, 1893 
family
Corduliidae Selys, 1850 
family
Euphaeidae 
family
Gomphidae Rambur, 1842 
family
Lestidae Calvert, 1901 
family
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842 
family
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917 
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References for this taxon found in the Conservation Evidence Library

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