Micronia aculeata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Swallowtail Moth sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 182 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Swallowtail Moth in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against about 10% in May, July–August and October–March, the lowest months.
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.
7th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Grey Swallowtail Moth sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (India, about 30%), 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 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Sandalwood Defoliator (about 30%), Common Palmfly (about 30%) and White Four Ring (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 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (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.
