Anax imperator
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Description
The rather conspicuous green-and-blue Anax species is common near standing and slow-flowing water bodies in much of Europe and Africa. This is not the case in Finland where Anax imperator was observed only in 2010, 2013 and 2019. Since 2020, however, a few sporadic records have popped up in the southwesternmost edges of the country. Most of the records are from well-vegetated ponds in coastal areas.
Despite being an occasional rarity the species could be expected to become more abundant in the coming years, since it has experienced a rapid northwards expansion in Denmark and Sweden. Some of the most recent observations in Finland even regard egg-laying females.
Description text authors:
Miikka Friman / Finnish Museum of Natural History (updated 3.9.2021)

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map. A total of
- keisarikorento (Finnish)
- blå kejsartrollslända (Swedish)
- Irregular vagrant
- 2019 NA – Not Applicable
- Sami Karjalainen
- Heidi Viljanen
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