The
genus Anax includes these species: •
Anax amazili – Amazon darner •
Anax aurantiacus •
Anax bangweuluensis – swamp emperor •
Anax chloromelas – dark emperor •
Anax concolor – blue-spotted comet darner •
Anax congoliath •
Anax ephippiger – vagrant emperor •
Anax fumosus •
Anax georgius – Kimberley emperor •
Anax gladiator – swordbearer emperor •
Anax gibbosulus – green emperor •
Anax guttatus – lesser green emperor •
Anax immaculifrons – magnificent emperor •
Anax imperator – emperor dragonfly, blue emperor •
Anax indicus – elephant emperor •
Anax junius – common green darner •
Anax longipes – comet darner •
Anax maclachlani •
Anax mandrakae •
Anax nigrofasciatus – blue-spotted emperor •
Anax panybeus •
Anax papuensis Burmeister, 1839 – Australian emperor •
Anax parthenope – lesser emperor •
Anax piraticus •
Anax pugnax •
Anax rutherfordi •
Anax selysi •
Anax speratus – orange emperor •
Anax strenuus – giant Hawaiian darner, pinao •
Anax tristis – black emperor, magnificent emperor •
Anax tumorifer •
Anax walsinghami – giant darner A single fossil species, †
Anax cryptus Gentilini & Peters, 1993 is known from the
Late Miocene of Italy. ==Taxonomic history==