Micronia aculeata
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Micronia aculeata also known as Grey Swallowtail Moth is a species of moth of subfamily Microniinae of family Uraniidae found in Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka towards Sulawesi. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Swallowtail Moth sighting in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 13 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Swallowtail Moth in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and November–December, the lowest months. Those are among Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Swallowtail Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Grey Swallowtail Moth sightings, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Jabalpur (India, about 20%) and Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Grey Swallowtail Moth that you can see in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Lemon Pansy (about 40%), Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 30%) and Common Evening Brown (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Swallowtail Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (5 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.
