Telicota bambusae
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Telicota bambusae, the dark palm dart, is a species of grass skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and on Peninsular Malaysia. Male. Upperside. Forewing much as in Telicota augias, but the discal black band is narrower and more uniform, and is continued up to the outside of the upper end of the cell, where it terminates in a square patch, its outer side extending somewhat outwards, and the outer marginal black band is much broader and more uniform in width, expands at the apex and is complete and not macular as in T. augias, its inner edge irregular. Hindwing with the black portions blacker, the cell spot similar, the discal band and abdominal streak also similar, but the band is more uniform in width. Cilia similar. Underside like the underside of T. augias, the black markings more pronounced; the black spots on the hindwing indicating the discal patch much more prominent, and there is a blackish streak near the anal angle in each of the two anal interspaces. Antennae, palpi, head and body as in T. augias.
Female like its own male, but on the upper.side the basal half of the cell of the forewing is usually black, and there is... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dark Palm-Dart sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 407th most-seen of the 1125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dark Palm-Dart in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in April, July and September–February, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dark Palm-Dart sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Dark Palm-Dart sightings, Hong Kong ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Prayagraj (India, about 10%), Taipei (Taiwan, about 10%) and Mumbai (India, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Dark Palm-Dart that you can see in Hong Kong (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Indian Palm Bob (about 10%), Formosan Swift (about 10%) and Pale Awlet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dark Palm-Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (24 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.
