Ampittia dioscorides
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Ampittia dioscorides, the common bush hopper or simply bush hopper, is a species of butterfly found in India, China, Indochina, Cambodia and on to Borneo, Sumatra and Java belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Male. Upper.side. Forewing bright golden-yellow, costal line black, outer margin with a broad even black band, slightly but squarely bulged inward at the hinder angle, a broad black baud on the hinder margin with two golden-yellow spots in it, one a little before the middle, the other a little beyond the middle; a black band running up from the middle of the hinder marginal band to the costa one-third before the apex, throwing out a cross band from above its middle and joining the marginal
band; in some examples this diseal band is disconnected from the costa from the crossbar. Hindwing blackish-brown, with an irregular-shaped, short, broad, diseal, golden yellow band, composed of spots divided by the veins, the two centre ones elongated, the lower ones small. Cilia brown, touched in parts with golden-yellow, especially at the anal angle. Underside. Forewing as above, but the extreme outer margin is more or less golden-yellow. Hindwing with the ground colour... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 9 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bush Hopper sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 107th most-seen of the 182 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.
February and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bush Hopper in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and September–December, the lowest months. Those are among Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]'s driest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 310 mm in November.
7th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Common Bush Hopper sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 20%), Kozhikode (India, about 20%) and Kolkata (India, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Common Bush Hopper that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Common Grass-Dart (about 20%), Chestnut Bob (about 10%) and Indian Palm Bob (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Bush Hopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (13 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.
