Rhionaeschna mutata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Aeshnidae
- Genus
- Rhionaeschna
- Species
- Rhionaeschna mutata
- Scientific Name
- Rhionaeschna mutata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rhionaeschna mutata
Rhionaeschna mutata, the spatterdock darner, is a species of darner in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. It is found in North America.
Spatterdock darners prefer ponds as their reproductive habitat. Specifically small, heavily vegetated, semi-permanent/ephemeral ponds that are fish-free with wooded riparian edges and sphagnum moss.
The IUCN conservation status of Rhionaeschna mutata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.
...Rhionaeschna mutata in languages:
- English
- Spatterdock Darner
- French
- aeschne des nénuphars
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Rhionaeschna absoluta
- Rhionaeschna biliosa
- Rhionaeschna bonariensis
- Rhionaeschna brasiliensis
- Rhionaeschna brevicercia
- Rhionaeschna brevifrons
- Rhionaeschna californica
- Rhionaeschna caligo
- Rhionaeschna condor
- Rhionaeschna confusa
- Rhionaeschna cornigera
- Rhionaeschna decessus
- Rhionaeschna demarmelsi
- Rhionaeschna diffinis
- Rhionaeschna draco
- Rhionaeschna dugesi
- Rhionaeschna eduardoi
- Rhionaeschna elsia
- Rhionaeschna fissifrons
- Rhionaeschna galapagoensis
- Rhionaeschna haarupi
- Rhionaeschna intricata
- Rhionaeschna itatiaia
- Rhionaeschna jalapensis
- Rhionaeschna joannisi
- Rhionaeschna manni
- Rhionaeschna marchali
- Rhionaeschna multicolor
- Rhionaeschna mutata
- Rhionaeschna nubigena
- Rhionaeschna obscura
- Rhionaeschna pallipes
- Rhionaeschna pauloi
- Rhionaeschna peralta
- Rhionaeschna planaltica
- Rhionaeschna psilus
- Rhionaeschna punctata
- Rhionaeschna serrana
- Rhionaeschna tinti
- Rhionaeschna variegata
- Rhionaeschna vazquezae
- Rhionaeschna vigintipunctata

















































































































































