Western Golden Dartlet

Western Golden Dartlet

Ischnura rubilio

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Bengaluru

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

29 Verified sightings at Bengaluru
December Best month

About the Western Golden Dartlet

Ischnura rubilio, western golden dartlet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Indian subcontinent and Iran. Earlier it was considered as a subspecies of Ischnura aurora, distributed from Australia and Pacific Islands. There are strong differences in DNA between the Asian forms of the species and specimens from the Pacific. There is also some morphological differences; dorsal side of segment 8 and 9 are entirely blue in Asian forms compared to only 1/3 of length of segment 8 is blue in specimens from the Pacific. The form found in Indian subcontinent and Iran is Ischnura aurora rubilio Selys, 1876 and is now considered as a good species, Ischnura rubilio.

It is a small apple green damselfly with black thoracic stripes, black capped olive green eyes, and blue tipped yellow tail. Its thorax is bronzed black color on dorsal side with narrow olive green antehumeral stripes. The lateral sides of the thorax is also pale olive green. The wing spots are different in fore and hind-wings. It is rose-red for its proximal half and transparent for the distal. Its abdomen is rusty-yellow, except for segments 8 to 10, which are azure... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tiruchirappalli 🇮🇳 India
~40%
2 Kota 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Kanpur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
4 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~30%
5 Chandigarh 🇮🇳 India
~20%
6 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~20%
7 Thiruvananthapuram 🇮🇳 India
~20%
8 New Delhi 🇮🇳 India
~20%
9 Vadodara 🇮🇳 India
~20%
10 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Western Golden Dartlet in Bengaluru?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Golden Dartlet sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 166th most-seen of the 477 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Western Golden Dartlet in Bengaluru?

April–May, August and October–February

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Golden Dartlet in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in March, June–July and September, the lowest months.

Is Bengaluru the best place to see a Western Golden Dartlet?

15th of 16

Of the 16 cities where we can rate Western Golden Dartlet sightings, Bengaluru ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tiruchirappalli (India, about 40%), Kota (India, about 30%) and Kanpur (India, about 30%).

Where does the Western Golden Dartlet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Western Golden Dartlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (29 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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