Aellopos fadus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Aellopos fadus, the Fadus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fadus Sphinx sighting in Bogota on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 66th most-seen of the 101 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fadus Sphinx in Bogota on a given day, against under 5% in February to November, the lowest months. Those are among Bogota's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in April.
Only Bogota, in our data
Bogota is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fadus Sphinx sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Fadus Sphinx that you can see in Bogota (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Tetrio Sphinx (about 10%), Ello Sphinx (about 10%) and Banded Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fadus Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Bogota (8 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.
