Aeshna isoceles: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the aeshna isoceles lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aeshna isoceles
Group	Dragonflies & damselflies
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Odonata
Family	Aeshnidae

Where does the aeshna isoceles live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the aeshna isoceles in 13 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the aeshna isoceles endangered?

The aeshna isoceles’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the aeshna isoceles?

The aeshna isoceles (Aeshna isoceles) is an insect in the order Odonata and the family Aeshnidae, genus Aeshna. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the aeshna isoceles

Aeshna isoceles (or isosceles) is a small hawker dragonfly that is found in Europe, mostly around the Mediterranean, and the lowlands of North Africa. Its common name in English is green-eyed hawker. In the United Kingdom it is a localised species, and is called the Norfolk hawker.

Aeshna isoceles is brown, with green eyes, clear wings, and a yellow triangular mark on the second abdominal segment which gave rise to its scientific name. It used to be in the genus Anaciaeschna as it different in several ways from the other members of the genus Aeshna to which it now belongs.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Aeshna isoceles (revision 1366209305), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1435436 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).