Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Odonata > Lestidae > Lestes > Lestes sponsaLestes sponsa (Emerald Damselfly)Synonyms: Agrion forcipula; Agrion picteti; Agrion spectrum; Agrion sponsa (homotypic); Lestes autumnalis; Lestes forcipula; Lestes neglectus; Lestes nympha; Lestes nymphaeides; Lestes picteti; Lestes spectrum Lestes sponsa, is a damselfly, with a wide Palaearctic distribution. It is known commonly as the emerald damselfly or common spreadwing. Both males and females have a metallic green colour and when resting its wings are usually half opened. |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Upper Danube |
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Afon Teifi/ River Teifi |
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1768 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Arun Valley |
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1205 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ashdown Forest |
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6744 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Barry Links |
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1951 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Border Mires, Kielder – Butterburn |
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29286 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Breney Common and Goss and Tregoss Moors |
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2016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Brown Moss |
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79 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
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354692 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cannock Chase |
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3057 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Coedydd Derw a Safleoedd Ystlumod Meirion/ Meirionnydd Oakwoods and Bat Sites |
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6953 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Cors Fochno |
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1613 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Corsydd Llyn/ Lleyn Fens |
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701 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens |
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1154 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dartmoor |
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57244 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Drigg Coast |
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3453 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Durham Coast |
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973 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Epping Forest |
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3966 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Feur Lochain |
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930 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Glan-traeth |
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35 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Gower Commons/ Tiroedd Comin Gwyr |
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4390 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Inverpolly |
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29349 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Kenfig/ Cynffig |
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2945 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Loch Maree Complex |
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38882 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Manchester Mosses |
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427 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mardelles d'Arbrefontaine et vallons fangeux de Fosse (Lierneux; Trois-Ponts; Vielsalm) |
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533 |
Belgium |
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Monadh Mor |
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622 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Moyenne vallée de l'Oise |
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13902 |
France |
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Norfolk Valley Fens |
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1523 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North West Pembrokeshire Commons/ Comins Gogledd Orllewin Sir Benfro |
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615 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pevensey Levels |
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8860 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Preseli |
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6686 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Rhinog |
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7770 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Rhos Llawr-cwrt |
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114 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Richmond Park |
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2092 |
England, United Kingdom |
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River Usk/ Afon Wysg |
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2490 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Rum |
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26775 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes and Gibraltar Point |
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2373 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Shortheath Common |
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146 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Skipwith Common |
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729 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sligachan Peatlands |
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3561 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons |
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4609 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tayvallich Juniper and Coast |
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2999 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Lizard |
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8048 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Stiperstones and The Hollies |
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1486 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thorne Moor |
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4718 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Torbiere d'Iseo |
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895 |
Italy |
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Wast Water |
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707 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens |
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477 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Witherslack Mosses |
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1202 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 2Temporal Variation in Food Web Structure: 16 Empirical Cases, Kenneth Schoenly and Joel E. Cohen, Ecological Monographs, 61(3), 1991, pp. 267298 ♦ 3Ecology of Commanster♦ 4Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg) ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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