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''Cordulia'' is a genus of
dragonfly A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...
in the family
Corduliidae The Corduliidae, also knowns as the emeralds, emerald dragonflies or green-eyed skimmers, is a family of dragonflies. These dragonflies are usually black or dark brown with areas of metallic green or yellow, and most of them have large, emerald-gr ...
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Species

The genus includes three species: * '' Cordulia aenea'' – downy emerald * ''
Cordulia amurensis ''Cordulia'' is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. Species The genus includes three species: * ''Cordulia aenea The downy emerald (''Cordulia aenea'') is a species of dragonfly. It is metallic green and bronze in color, and it ...
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Cordulia shurtleffii The American emerald (''Cordulia shurtleffii'') is a species of dragonfly found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north b ...
'' – American emerald


References

Corduliidae Anisoptera genera Taxa named by William Elford Leach {{Corduliidae-stub