Leucorrhinia

Whitefaces
	Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Ruby whiteface) male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Leucorrhinia; Brittinger, 1850[1]

Leucorrhinia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly called whitefaces because of their distinctive pale frons.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[2][3]

Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839) – dark whiteface[4]
Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen, 1890 – boreal whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) – lilypad whiteface[4]
Leucorrhinia circassica Bartenev, 1929
Leucorrhinia dubia (Van der Linden, 1825) – white-faced darter,[6] small whiteface[4]
Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890 – frosted whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen, 1890 – crimson-ringed whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys, 1850) – Hudsonian whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen, 1861) – dot-tailed whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia intermedia Bartenev, 1912
Leucorrhinia orientalis Selys, 1887
Leucorrhinia patricia Walker, 1940 – Canada whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) – large white-faced darter, yellow-spotted whiteface[4]
Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert, 1890 – red-waisted whiteface,[7] belted whiteface[5]
Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758) – ruby whiteface[4]
Leucorrhinia ussuriensis Bartenev, 1914

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