Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)

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

Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)

Native status

R

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: LC

Notes

Flight period: III May - II October

Rather widespread in the study area, the species is found in small to medium lakes, ponds, marshlands, fens (where it generally selects slow-flowing water microhabitats) and along rivers, small streams and ditches. It occurs up to ca. 1160 m a.s.l. (Camaggiore fen), though it is more frequent at low elevations.