Cyana peregrina
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cyana peregrina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India (Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Travancore) and Sri Lanka. The habitat consists of forests. It has white palpi and the lower parts of the frons are scarlet. The tegulae are edged with scarlet, scarlet bands across thorax and patagia and on meta-thorax, less scarlet, the fore coxae, mid femora, and hind tibiae and femora are white and the abdomen is tinged with scarlet above except towards the base. Forewings with subbasal scarlet line expanding at costa, an ante-medial line bent inwards to the costa and slightly edged by black on the inner side. There is a postmedial line slightly edged by black on the outer side and bent inwards above vein three. There is a black spot in the upper angle of the cell and two on the discocellulars, and a brownish mark beyond the postmedial line below the costa, a terminal scarlet band running from the apex to the postmedial line. The hindwings have the inner area and termen tinged with scarlet.
Forewings with one black spot at the end of the cell. The black edges to the ante- and postmedial lines are prominent, the latter oblique throughout... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cyana peregrina sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 175th most-seen of the 376 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.
March and October–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cyana peregrina in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cyana peregrina sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Cyana peregrina sightings, Chennai ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bengaluru (India, about 10%), Kozhikode (India, about 10%) and Kochi (India, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Cyana peregrina that you can see in Chennai (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Sandalwood Defoliator (about 30%), Dot-Underwing Moth (about 20%) and Common Fruit-Piercing Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cyana peregrina is recorded against all the insects logged in Chennai (14 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.
