What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Red-veined Darter been recorded?

Sympetrum fonscolombii occurrence evidence comes from 2,562 records in 46 countries and territories, from 1921 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Red-veined Darter
Red-veined Darter — Photo (display-sized rendition): Alvesgaspar · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
InsectaOdonataLibellulidaeSympetrum

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,562 records across 46 countries and territories, 1921–2026.

Sympetrum fonscolombii · GBIF taxon key 5791800

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

7 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Red-veined Darter has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Red-veined Darter. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 731
Sweden 569
Belgium 368
Germany 269
France 111
Italy 75
Portugal 64
South Africa 55
Greece 51
Austria 43
Russia 27
Türkiye 26
Luxembourg 18
United Kingdom 14
Nigeria 13
Switzerland 11
Israel 11
Morocco 10
Bulgaria 8
Egypt 8
Malta 8
Iran 7
Netherlands 6
Sri Lanka 5
Slovenia 5
Uzbekistan 5
Denmark 4
Guernsey 4
Gibraltar 4
Croatia 4
South Korea 4
Namibia 4
Botswana 2
Cyprus 2
Isle of Man 2
India 2
Romania 2
Ukraine 2
Azerbaijan 1
Western Sahara 1

Showing the top 40 of 46 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.