Chaetocneme beata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Chaetocneme beata, also known as the common red-eye, eastern dull-flat or eastern dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia on the edges of the upland rainforest along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 50 mm. The larvae feed on various trees, including Annona reticulata, Croton insularis, Eupomatia laurina, Cinnamomum camphora, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Lophostemon confertus. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Dusk-Flat sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 575th most-seen of the 1083 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
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Dusk-Flat in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months. That is one of Brisbane's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 40 mm in July.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eastern Dusk-Flat sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Eastern Dusk-Flat that you can see in Brisbane (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Wide-Brand Grass-Dart (about 30%), Splendid Ochre (about 20%) and Orange Palm Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Dusk-Flat is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (22 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.
