Anax Leach, 1815
(emperor dragonflies)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Anax imperator Blue Emperor, Emperor Dragonfly					Species		1 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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

Anax (emperor dragonflies) 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)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anax (emperor dragonflies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anax (emperor dragonflies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anax is also a member of:

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