Hippotion rosetta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Hippotion rosetta, or Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth, is a species of sphingid moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 168th 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
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in April–June, August and December, the lowest months. That is one of Chennai's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 290 mm in November.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
5th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth sightings, Chennai ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 20%), Naha (Japan, about 10%) and Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (Sri Lanka, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth 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.
