Acraea terpsicore
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster, is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats. It belongs to the Nymphalidae or brush-footed butterfly family. It has a weak fluttery flight. It is avoided by most insect predators. This species and the yellow coster (Acraea issoria) are the only two Indian representatives of the predominantly African tribe Acraeini. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, and recently Australia.
Pierre and Bernaud, in 1997, stated that they verified the type in the Linnean Society of London and considered A. violae the same species as A. terpsicore. Honey and Scoble, in 2001, argued that both specimens in the Linnean Society are later additions by James Edward Smith (botanist) who, in 1784, purchased Linnaeus specimens, bringing them to London.
In the absence of authentic syntypes, the identity of terpsicore... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puducherry | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Rajkot | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Durg | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny Coster sighting in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 56th most-seen of the 121 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April–May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny Coster in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, against under 5% in February and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tawny Coster sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
45th of 52
Of the 52 cities where we can rate Tawny Coster sightings, Ho Chi Minh City ranks 45th at about 10%. The best odds are in Puducherry (India, about 50%), Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 40%) and Rajkot (India, about 40%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Tawny Coster that you can see in Ho Chi Minh City (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 40%), Leopard Lacewing Butterfly (about 40%) and Grey Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tawny Coster is recorded against all the insects logged in Ho Chi Minh City (11 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.
