vážka jasnoskvrnná (Leucorrhinia pectoralis)

• English name: Yellow-Spotted Whiteface
• German name: Grosse Moosjungfer
• French name: Leucorrhine à gros thorax
• Dutch name: Gevlekte witsnuitlibel
• Swedish name: Citronfläckad kärrtrollslända
• Norwegian name: Stor torvlibelle
• Finnish name: Täplälampikorento
• Danish name: Stor kærguldsmed
• Italian name: Frontebianca maggiore
• Czech name: vážka jasnoskvrnná
• Slovenian name: Dristavični spreletavec
• Bulgarian name: Жълтопетнисто графитче

vážka jasnoskvrnná
(Leucorrhinia pectoralis)

Not present

Present before 1990

Present after 1990

Present before and after 1990

Present after 2015

Distribution map Leucorrhinia pectoralis

Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies

General		• a medium-sized species of (central and) north-eastern Europe
Classification		• suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Libellulidae
Conservation status		• IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern
Scientific name		• Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
Name genus		• Leucorrhinia: feminine form of an artificial adjective derived from Grk. λευκός = white +; ῥίς; ῥινός = nose
Name species		• pectoralis: from Lat. pectoralis, -is, -e = concerning the breast; [pectus = breast] ⇒ Charpentier believed the coloured spots on the thorax to be diagnostic (considering Linnaeus had described L. rubicunda as having a black thorax)
Distribution		• click or tap the Map button above
Habitat		• bogs, ponds and lakes
Dimensions		• typical body length: 32-39 mm; hindwing: 30-33 mm
Notes		• libellulids are 'sitters': males spend a lot of time perched at the water's edge, waiting for females
		• a little bigger than L. rubicunda
Both sexes	Head	➤ the face is white
		• the eyes are brown
	Abdomen	➤ the appendages are black
		➤ S7 bears a very large (bright) yellow spot
	Wings	• the (hind)wings bear a small dark patch at the base
Male	Thorax	• the thorax is red/brown with ditto antehumeral stripe and spots on the side (in immature males: yellow antehumeral stripe and spots)
	Abdomen	• the abdomen is black with very large red/brown spots on S1-S6 (in immature males: yellow spots)
Female	Thorax	• the thorax is yellow/brown with ditto antehumeral stripe and spots on the side (in immature females: yellow antehumeral stripe and spots)
	Abdomen	• the abdomen is black with very large yellow/brown spots on S1-S6 (in immature females: yellow spots)
Photographs		• all of our photos below were made in the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland

LineDrawing: the male's abdomen and the female's abdomen in dorsal view.

Leucorrhinia pectoralis; abdomen, male (top), female (bottom)
Note: even in adult females the spot on S7 is often brighter yellow than those on S1-S6. Note also that in both sexes S8-S10 and the appendages are black.