When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb2
Mar29
Apr297
May10,062
Jun12,574
Jul6,778
Aug2,615
Sep443
Oct55
Nov9
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 2,638 | |
| 2 | Cornwall | England | 2,104 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 1,395 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 1,132 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 1,095 | |
| 6 | Powys | Wales | 910 | |
| 7 | Somerset | England | 899 | |
| 8 | Gloucestershire | England | 858 | |
| 9 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 829 | |
| 10 | Northamptonshire | England | 801 | |
| 11 | West Berkshire | England | 676 | |
| 12 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 673 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 637 | |
| 14 | Cumbria | England | 599 | |
| 15 | Kent | England | 568 |
28,171 England1,046 Scotland4,324 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 33,565
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 55
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Calopteryx virgo
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 32,587
- Most recorded in
- Devon, Cornwall, Surrey, Worcestershire, Dorset, Powys, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Pembrokeshire, Northamptonshire, West Berkshire, Argyll and Bute +20
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Calopterygidae
- Genus
- Calopteryx
- Name with authority
- Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 27
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q248379 · GBIF 1427037