Donald's Hawker

Donald's Hawker

Anaciaeschna martini

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Tokyo

In 3 days ~10%

9 Verified sightings at Tokyo
August Best month

About the Donald's Hawker

Anaciaeschna martini, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found in Japan, India, Sri Lanka, and recently from Nepal. Sélys described this species in 1897 from Yokohama, Japan. Fraser described Anaciaeschna donaldi from specimens collected from Kodaikanal, Yercaud and Ooty. It flies at dusk and breeds in still water in the lakes. Its eyes are dark olivaceous brown, prothorax is dark brown, and thorax is maroon with apple green marks. Its abdomen is dark brown with apple green mark on first three segments and pale yellowish brown marks on the sides of segments four to seven.

There are no significant in morphological or molecular genetic differences between A. donaldi and A. martini; therefore it is possible that A. donaldi should be a junior synonym of A. martini, but the IUCN still maintains it as valid.

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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 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Donald's Hawker in Tokyo?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Donald's Hawker sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 929th most-seen of the 1013 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Donald's Hawker in Tokyo?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Donald's Hawker in Tokyo on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

Where else can you see a Donald's Hawker?

Only Tokyo, in our data

Tokyo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Donald's Hawker sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Donald's Hawker sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Donald's Hawker is recorded against all the insects logged in Tokyo (9 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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