Somatochlora meridionalis

{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Somatochlora_meridionalis_2126949.jpg

| image_caption = Female

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Somatochlora

| species = meridionalis

| authority = Nielsen, 1935

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Somatochlora meridionalis, the Balkan emerald, is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It occurs in southeastern Europe from France to the Czech Republic to Turkey. It is found at narrow, shallow, shaded streams.

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|Somatochlora meridionalis, male (cropped).jpg|male

|Somatochlora meridionalis (1).jpg|close-up of head and thorax

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