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Green Emerald Damselfly

Chalcolestes viridis

15,887Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
50Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan98
Feb70
Mar71
Apr51
May32
Jun190
Jul1,451
Aug5,230
Sep6,601
Oct1,794
Nov194
Dec54

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England2,360
2Norfolk England2,285
3Cambridgeshire England1,350
4Essex England827
5Kent England786
6Lincolnshire England460
7Nottinghamshire England428
8Surrey England410
9Oxfordshire England380
10North Yorkshire England293
11Milton Keynes England237
12Northamptonshire England224
13East Riding of Yorkshire England218
14Bedford England192
15York England113
15,863 England24 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,887
Peak month
September
Counties with records
50
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Chalcolestes viridis
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,054
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Lestidae
Genus
Chalcolestes
Name with authority
Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)
Described
1825
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2140604 · GBIF 5865098