Vagrant Emperor
Anax ephippiger
(Burmeister, 1839)
National assessment
Natural vagrant
Local assessment
Natural vagrant
National recording scheme
Last updated
2025-07-31
Statistics
Occurrences
26 since 2000
26 all time
Occupied 1 km squares
6 since 2000
6 all time
Earliest occurrence
2019
Latest occurrence
2021
Distribution
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Occurrence since 1950
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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.
References
Daguet, C.A., French, G.C. and Taylor, P. (2008). The Odonata Red Data List for Great Britain. Species Status 11; 1-34. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
Data sources
Local species recorders
British Dragonfly Society Recording Scheme. Dragonfly records from the British Dragonfly Society Recording Scheme. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Cite this page
Craythorne, H. (2025). Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000008990 (Accessed 08 November 2025).