Boyeria

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Kingdom Animalia Family Aeshnidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Order Odonata Scientific name Boyeria Higher classification Aeshnidae

Similar Boyeria irene, Odonate, Dragonfly, Aeshnidae, Boyeria vinosa

Fawn darner boyeria vinosa oviposition and kidnapping by a male

Boyeria is a genus of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, commonly called spotted darners. They occur in temperate North America and Eurasia.

The name Boyeria commemorates the French entymologist Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe

The genus contains the following seven described species:

Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991 – Cretan spectre

Boyeria grafiana Williamson, 1907 – ocellated darner

Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838) – western spectre

Boyeria jamjari Jung, 2011

Boyeria karubei Yokoi, 2002

Boyeria maclachlani Selys, 1883

Boyeria sinensis Asahina, 1978

Boyeria vinosa (Say, 1840) – fawn darner

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