Theclinesthes onycha
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Theclinesthes onycha, the cycad blue is a small butterfly found in Eastern Australia, coastal and inland from Cape York Peninsula to the southern-most part of New South Wales. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cycad Blue sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 165 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cycad Blue in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in August and September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cycad Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cycad Blue sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cycad Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (165 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.
