Anax imperator Leach, 1815
(Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly)

Anax imperator (Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Anax imperator (Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ANISOPTERA
(dragonflies)

ODONATA
(dragonflies and damselflies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Anax imperator (Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly)
Genus	Anax (emperor dragonflies)
Family	AESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies)
Suborder	ANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
Order	ODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
Infraclass	Palaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Anax imperator is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anax imperator (Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly)

Anax imperator (Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ANISOPTERA
(dragonflies)

ODONATA
(dragonflies and damselflies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Eyre, M.D., Woodward, J.C. & Luff, M.L.	2005	Expanding northern ranges of aquatic invertebrate species: a possible effect of climate change?	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 219-223.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Anax imperator (Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly):

ANISOPTERA
(dragonflies)

ODONATA
(dragonflies and damselflies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1 images of Anax imperator (Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anax imperator is also a member of:

General Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)