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Lesser emperor

Anax parthenope

3,235Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
56Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May21
Jun524
Jul1,719
Aug878
Sep73
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England511
2Kent England236
3Cornwall England158
4Suffolk England130
5Gloucestershire England121
6Oxfordshire England104
7Dorset England103
8Surrey England102
9Somerset England89
10Devon England83
11North Yorkshire England69
12Wakefield England64
13Lincolnshire England60
14Cambridgeshire England53
15Thurrock England47
3,107 England36 Scotland89 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,235
Peak month
July
Counties with records
56
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anax parthenope
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,211
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Anax
Name with authority
Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
Described
1839
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1746487 · GBIF 5051752