Pantala flavescens: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pantala flavescens lives – recorded in 39 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pantala flavescens
Group	Dragonflies & damselflies
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	39 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Class	Insect
Order	Odonata
Family	Libellulidae

Where does the pantala flavescens live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pantala flavescens in 39 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

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 pantala flavescens endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the pantala flavescens?

The pantala flavescens (Pantala flavescens) is an insect in the order Odonata and the family Libellulidae, genus Pantala. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pantala flavescens

Pantala flavescens, the globe skimmer, globe wanderer or wandering glider, is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. This species and Pantala hymenaea, the "spot-winged glider", are the only members of the genus Pantala. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly on the planet, with good populations on every continent except Antarctica, although rare in Europe. Globe skimmers make an annual multigenerational journey of some 18,000 km (about 11,200 miles); to complete the migration, individual globe skimmers fly more than 6,000 km (3,730 miles); one of the farthest known migrations of all insect species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pantala flavescens (revision 1361363586), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1477924 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).