Aeshna Fabricius, 1775
(hawker dragonflies, aeshna dragonflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aeshna cyanea
Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker
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 		Species 58 images
Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker
Species 1 ident. refs
Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker
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 		Species 7 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAeshna (hawker dragonflies, aeshna dragonflies)
FamilyAESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies)
SuborderANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Aeshna (hawker dragonflies, aeshna dragonflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aeshna (hawker dragonflies, aeshna dragonflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aeshna (hawker dragonflies, aeshna dragonflies)
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