Anax immaculifrons
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Anax immaculifrons, the magnificent emperor, or blue darner, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. Almost all its range is in West and South Asia; it is Europe's largest dragonfly but very marginal in the continent, where it is restricted to the east Aegean Islands and Cyprus. A similar dragonfly further east in Asia is now recognised as a separate species, A. aurantiacus.
A. immaculifrons has a length of 80–86 mm (3.1–3.4 in) and a wingspan of about 120 mm (4.7 in). It is a large, bluish green dragonfly with sapphire-blue eyes, bluish-green thorax, and pale reddish-brown abdomen marked with black. Its thorax is pale bluish-green on dorsum with a blackish-brown mid-dorsal carina and turquoise-blue laterally. There is a narrow black stripe over humeral suture and a very broad one over the postero-lateral suture with a narrow black posterior border on metepimeron. Wings are transparent with amber-yellow tint. Segment 1 of the abdomen is entirely black. Segment 2 is turquoise-blue, with a mid-dorsal transverse mark shaped like a sea-gull in flight. Segment 3 has its basal half turquoise-blue and apical half black, with a small mid-dorsal spot on blue. Segments... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery Emperor sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 44 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.
February and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery Emperor in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–July and October–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fiery Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Periyar National Park, in our data
Periyar National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fiery Emperor sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Fiery Emperor that you can see in Periyar National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Blue Marsh Hawk (about 40%), Stream Ruby (about 30%) and Crimson Marsh Glider (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fiery Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Periyar National Park (5 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.
