Blue darner
Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
Status not recordeddragonflies
The blue darner (Anax immaculifrons) is a species in the family Aeshnidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 8.4 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Vietnam.
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Quick facts about the blue darner
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 8.4 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- freshwater, riverinesrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the blue darner?
Where does the blue darner live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The blue darner is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WOL (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the blue darner endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the blue darner classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyAeshnidae
- genusAnax
- SpeciesAnax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- Fiery emperorEnglish
- Magnificent emperorEnglish
- Indische KönigslibelleGerman
- Anax anneléFrench
- סיירן מפוארHebrew
- നീലരാജൻതുമ്പിMalayalam
- BeekkeizerlibelDutch
- Дозорщик великолепныйRussian
- ćelavi carevićSerbian
- 黃偉蜓Chinese
Relatives of the blue darner
Other species in the same genus Anax.
Emperor dragonfly
Anax imperator
Lesser emperor
Anax parthenope
Green darner
Anax junius
Vagrant emperor dragonfly
Anax ephippiger
Emperor
Anax guttatus
Blue-spotted emperor
Anax nigrofasciatus
CompareBlue darner vs Emperor dragonflyBlue darner vs Lesser emperorBlue darner vs Green darnerBlue darner vs Vagrant emperor dragonfly
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue darner?
An adult blue darner measures 8.4 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the blue darner live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the blue darner for 1 country: Vietnam. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the blue darner?
The blue darner (Anax immaculifrons) belongs to the family Aeshnidae in the order Odonata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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