Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)

Bazzi, Gaia, Galimberti, Andrea, Foglini, Claudio, Bani, Luciano, Bazzi, Lionello, Bonvicini, Piero, Brembilla, Roberto, Brigo, Massimo, Cavenaghi, Alberto, Colombo, Giuseppe, Della Pieta, Cesare, Galliani, Carlo, Guarnaroli, Ettore, Larroux, Nicola, Monti, Alessandro, Orioli, Valerio, Ornaghi, Francesco, Pilon, Nicola, Pirotta, Giuliana, Radaelli, Giovanni, Tessa, Giulia & Assandri, Giacomo, 2023, Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111358-111358 : 111358

Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)

Native status

R

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: LC

Notes

Flight period: III May - II October

Widespread in the study area, especially below 700 m a.s.l., with scattered records up to 1200 m a.s.l. It occurs at a large variety of habitats, ranging from wetlands and ponds to slow-flowing stretches of rivers and lake shores and is often found far from suitable breeding sites, also in urban contexts. The apparent absence from Lake Lugano and other sites in the Como Province could be attributed to the limited data available for this area.