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Blue Corporal

Ladona deplanata

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata

The blue corporal (Ladona deplanata), also known as little corporal, is a dragonfly in the Libellulidae, or skimmer family. First described as Libellula deplanata by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1842, it is common across much of the eastern United States. Taxonomy When Jules Pierre Rambur first described the blue corporal in 1842, he assigned it to the large skimmer genus Libellula.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 6,988