Anax parthenope

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	AESHNIDAE

Scientific Name:

Anax parthenope

Species Authority:

Selys, 1839

Common Name/s:

English	–	Lesser Emperor
French	–	Anax Napolitain

Taxonomic Notes:

In the east of its Asian range the subspecies A. p. julius occurs, which might prove to be a distinct species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Mitra, A.
Reviewer/s:	Kakkasery, F., Babu, R., Mondal, S., Brooks, E., Dow, R.A. & Clausnitzer, V.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This is a widespread species with no major widespread threats known. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Anax parthenope ranges from Europe and North Africa over the Arabian Peninsula eastwards, through Nepal and India, to China and Japan. Recently a young female was found near Omsk constituting by far the most northern record of the species on the Siberian plain (Kosterin 2007). These records suggest that the northwards expansion of the species is taking place over very wide range.
Countries:	Native: Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia (Armenia); Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Netherlands; Oman; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Serbia (Serbia); Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; Turkey; Turkmenistan; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Uzbekistan; Yemen
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Population [top]

Population:	No information is available, but this is a wide-ranging species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species occurs at standing, often large and sometimes brackish waterbodies, more rarely at slowly running waters.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No information available.

Major Threat(s):

No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This is a widespread species, and specific conservation measures are not needed.

Conservation Actions:

This is a widespread species, and specific conservation measures are not needed.

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010). Vick, G.S. 1989. List of the dragonflies recorded from Nepal, with a summary of their altitudinal distribution (Odonata). Opuscula Zoologica Fluminensia 43: 1-21.

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).

Vick, G.S. 1989. List of the dragonflies recorded from Nepal, with a summary of their altitudinal distribution (Odonata). Opuscula Zoologica Fluminensia 43: 1-21.

Citation:	Mitra, A. 2010. Anax parthenope. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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