Cordulia
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Cordulia is a genus of dragonfly
in the family Corduliidae
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Odonata
Odonata is an order of insects, encompassing dragonflies and damselflies . The word dragonfly is also sometimes used to refer to all Odonata, but the back-formation odonate is a more correct English name for the group as a whole...
in the family Corduliidae
Corduliidae
The insect family Corduliidae contains the emerald dragonflies or green-eyed skimmers. These dragonflies are usually black or dark brown with areas of metallic green or yellow, and most of them have large, emerald-green eyes...
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Species
The genus includes three species:- Cordulia aenea – Downy Emerald
- Cordulia amurensis
- Cordulia shurtleffii – American Emerald