Paracercion melanotum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Paracercion melanotum, also known as the eastern lilysquatter, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is known to occur in China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Java, Philippines and Thailand.
Species delimitation study based on COI, ITS, and morphological evidence concluded that P. pendulum and P. malayanum were synonymized as junior synonyms of P. melanotum. It is a medium sized damselfly with deep blue eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum with very broad azure blue antehumeral stripes, which are very narrow or missing in Paracercion calamorum. Lateral sides of thorax are blue with a fine black line on the upper part of each lateral suture. No pruinescence compared to P. calamorum. Its wings are transparent and pterostigma is yellow, framed with heavy black nervures. Its abdomen is azure blue with broad black dorsal marks up to segment 7. Segment 2 has a distinct broad dorsal spot shaped like a thistle-head connected narrowly to a fine apical ring. This mark will help to distinguish it from Pseudagrion species. Segment 10 has a narrow mid-dorsal black streak. Female is dull green in colors... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Lilysquatter sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 163rd most-seen of the 296 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.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Lilysquatter in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, June and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Kaeng Krachan National Park's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Lilysquatter sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eastern Lilysquatter sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Eastern Lilysquatter that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Orange-Faced Sprite (about 10%), Common Bluetail (about 10%) and Blue Midget (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Lilysquatter is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
