Azure Hawker vs smooth heliotrope

Aeshna caerulea compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Azure Hawker is Least Concern while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Aeshnidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Heliotropium
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	smooth heliotrope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azure Hawker

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Azure Hawker

The Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea) is a species in the genus Aeshna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden