Cordulephya pygmaea
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Cordulephya pygmaea is a species of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae, and is commonly known as the common shutwing. It is endemic to eastern Australia, where it inhabits streams. It is small to tiny in size, black or purplish-black with yellowish markings.
Unusually for Anisoptera, it rests with its wings folded above its body in a similar manner to many damselflies. The genus name Cordulephya combines Cordulia, a genus name derived from the Greek κορδύλη (kordylē, "club" or "cudgel"), with Greek φυή (phyē, "form", "stature" or "growth"), thus meaning "having the form of Cordulia".
The species name pygmaea is derived from the Greek πυγμαῖος (pygmaios, "pygmy" or "dwarf"), referring to its small size. List of Odonata species of Australia Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Shutwing sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 168 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 430 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Common Shutwing in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Shutwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lamington National Park, in our data
Lamington National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Shutwing sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Shutwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Lamington National Park (168 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.
