Tagiades japetus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Tagiades japetus, commonly known as the pied flat or the common snow flat, is a species of spread-winged skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is widely distributed, being found from India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, to Australia. It contains several recognized subspecies.
Male. Upperside fuliginous-brown. Forewing with three minute subapical white dots, one of them, sometimes two of them, often absent; a minute dot at the end of the cell, another near the base of the second median interspace, and a third below it, in the middle of the first median interspace, sometimes one, sometimes two of them only present, sometimes all are wanting. Hindwing with indications of a curved discal series of spots darker than the ground colour, often altogether invisible. Cilia of both wings brown. Underside. Forewing paler than it is above, the hinder marginal area and a broad squarish patch at the hinder angle paler than the rest of the wing, the minute dots as above. Hindwing greyish-white, the costal and outer marginal areas somewhat suffused with brown; a curved series of dark brown discal spots, the lower ones usually mere dots, often invisible.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Flat sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 149th most-seen of the 477 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.
July–September and November–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Flat in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in June and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Flat sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Pied Flat sightings, Bengaluru ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Chattogram (Bangladesh, about 20%), Guwahati (India, about 10%) and Singapore (Singapore, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Pied Flat that you can see in Bengaluru (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Grass Demon (about 20%), Common Banded Awl (about 20%) and Giant Redeye (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Flat is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (37 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.
