Western Golden Dartlet

Western Golden Dartlet

Ischnura rubilio

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Kota

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

18 Verified sightings at Kota
November 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 Kota?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Western Golden Dartlet sighting in Kota on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 33 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

November

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Western Golden Dartlet in Kota on a given day, against under 5% in March and July–August, the lowest months. That is one of Kota's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 260 mm in August.

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

2nd of 16

Of the 16 cities where we can rate Western Golden Dartlet sightings, Kota ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Tiruchirappalli (India, about 40%).

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 Kota (18 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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