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Brachytron
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Brachytron

Brachytron is a monotypic genus of European dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae containing the hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense), also known as the hairy hawker or spring hawker.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Hairy Dragonfly

speciesBrachytron pratense

Brachytron longistigma

speciesBrachytron longistigma

Brachytron anisopterum

speciesBrachytron anisopterum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59956.