Leucorrhinia caudalis

Lilypad whiteface
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Leucorrhinia
Species: L. caudalis
Binomial name
Leucorrhinia caudalis
(Charpentier, 1840)

Leucorrhinia caudalis, the lilypad whiteface, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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