Summary description from Wikipedia:

Libellula axilena in languages:

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Bar-winged Skimmer

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Parent Taxon

• Libellula

Sibling Taxa

• Libellula angelina
• Libellula auripennis
• Libellula axilena
• Libellula coahuiltecana
• Libellula comanche
• Libellula composita
• Libellula croceipennis
• Libellula cyanea
• Libellula depressa
• Libellula flavida
• Libellula foliata
• Libellula forensis
• Libellula forensis × pulchella
• Libellula fulva
• Libellula gaigei
• Libellula herculea
• Libellula incesta
• Libellula jesseana
• Libellula luctuosa
• Libellula mariae
• Libellula melli
• Libellula needhami
• Libellula nodisticta
• Libellula pontica
• Libellula pulchella
• Libellula quadrimaculata
• Libellula saturata
• Libellula semifasciata
• Libellula vibrans

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