Anax ephippiger

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	AESHNIDAE

Scientific Name:

Anax ephippiger

Species Authority:

(Burmeister, 1839)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Vagrant Emperor
French	–	Anax Porte-Selle

Synonym/s:

Aeschna ephippigera Burmeister, 1839

Aeshna mediterranea Selys, 1839

Anax marginope Baijal & Agarwal, 1955

Anax senegalensis Rambur, 1842

Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Subramanian, K.A.

Reviewer/s:

Mitra, A., Babu, R., Brooks, E., Clausnitzer, V. & Dow, R.A.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This is a widespread species with no known major threats, and is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

History:

2009	–	Least Concern
2008	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2009.2)
2006	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
2006	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species has a very wide geographic distribution in Africa, southern Europe, central and south Asia.
Countries:	Native: Algeria; Angola (Angola); Bangladesh; Chad; China; Croatia; Egypt (Egypt (African part), Sinai); Eritrea; Ethiopia; France; Germany; Greece; India (Andaman Is., Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Darjiling, Delhi, Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkand, Karaikal, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mahé, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Morocco; Myanmar; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Switzerland; Tunisia; Western Sahara
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Population [top]

Population:	A common species, though population information is available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species breeds in ponds and lakes covered with weeds.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No major threats to the species are known.

Major Threat(s):

No major threats to the species are known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This common widespread species does not require immediate conservation attention.

Conservation Actions:

This common widespread species does not require immediate conservation attention.

Citation:	Subramanian, K.A. 2010. Anax ephippiger. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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