Ypthima ceylonica
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Ypthima ceylonica, the white fourring, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in Sri Lanka and India. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a White Four Ring sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 182 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.
May–June and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a White Four Ring in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against about 20% in March, August and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White Four Ring sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate White Four Ring sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the White Four Ring that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Common Palmfly (about 30%), Common Crow (about 20%) and Common Evening Brown (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Four Ring is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (82 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.
