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Northern Emerald

Somatochlora arctica

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata

The northern emerald (Somatochlora arctica) is a species of emerald dragonfly found in northern and middle Eurasia. The species was first described in 1840 from Scandinavia. It is a relatively small dragonfly, just 4 to 5 centimetres (1.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 240Switzerland · 237United Kingdom · 231France · 55Germany · 49Italy · 29Belgium · 1