Ophiogomphus cecilia

Ophiogomphus cecilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Ophiogomphus
Species: O. cecilia
Binomial name
Ophiogomphus cecilia
(Fourcroy, 1785)

Ophiogomphus cecilia, the green snaketail[1] or green gomphid[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia,[3] Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine.

Side view of male

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