Pantoporia hordonia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pantoporia hordonia, the common lascar, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Cambodia, tropical and subtropical Asia. Both male and female have upperside black with orange markings. Forewing: discoidal streak broad, anteriorly twice indented, at apex extending into base of interspace 3; posterior discal spots coalescent, forming an irregular oblique short broad band; anterior spots also coalescent, oblique from costa; a postdiscal obscure grey incurved transverse line, and a very slender, also obscure, orange transverse subterminal line. Hindwing: a subbasal transverse broad band, and a much narrower postdiscal band curved inwards at the ends; beyond this the black terminal margin is traversed by a darker black subterminal line. Underside chestnut-brown, covered with short, slender, transverse brown striae on the margin of the orange markings, which are similar to those on the upperside but broader, paler, and less clearly defined. Forewing: the pale transverse postdiscal and orange subterminal lines of the upperside replaced by a postdiscal lilacine narrow band, defined by somewhat crenulate chestnut-brown lines on each side, and a pale... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Lascar sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 220th most-seen of the 1125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and July–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Lascar in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in June and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Lascar sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Common Lascar sightings, Hong Kong ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Guwahati (India, about 10%), Kozhikode (India, about 10%) and Bandung (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Lascar that you can see in Hong Kong (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger (about 30%), Blue-Spotted Crow Butterfly (about 30%) and Great Eggfly (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Lascar is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (56 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.
