Trithemis aconita
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Trithemis aconita, the halfshade dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Halfshade Dropwing sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 358th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Halfshade Dropwing in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to December, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Halfshade Dropwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Halfshade Dropwing sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Trithemis
The closest relatives of the Halfshade Dropwing that you can see in Kruger National Park (genus Trithemis, Dropwings) are Violet Dropwing (about 20%), Orange-Winged Dropwing (about 20%) and Red-Veined Dropwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Halfshade Dropwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (23 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.
