Leucorrhinia

Leucorrhinia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly called whitefaces because of their distinctive pale frons.

Whitefaces
Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Ruby whiteface) male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Leucorrhinia
Brittinger, 1850[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[2][3]

References

  1. Leucorrhinia, funet.fi
  2. Leucorrhinia Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Zipcodezoo
  3. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  4. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. OUP.


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