Euthalia lubentina
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Euthalia lubentina, the gaudy baron, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Souh Asia, Cambodia, and Southeast Asia. It was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. The upperside is dark greenish brown. The forewing has a bar across the middle and a bar beyond the apex of the cell, crimson bordered with black. A slightly oblique transverse discal series of small white spots runs from costa to interspace 1, followed by a preapical curved row of four similar spots and a transverse subterminal series of elongate black spots forming an obscure band.
The hindwing has a crescent-shaped black loop near apex of the cell area and a curved postdiscal series of four or five crimson spots outwardly bordered with black. The subcostal spot is the largest, followed by a subterminal series of velvety-black subquadrate spots, the anterior three and the tornal spot are outwardly crimson.
The underside is dark, purplish brown suffused slightly with ochraceous, the markings are as on the upperside, but larger and more clearly defined. The forewing has two small black spots at its base. The basal half of the costal margin is crimson. The hindwing has four crimson spots... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gaudy Baron sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 22 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.
June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gaudy Baron in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in December.
6th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Gaudy Baron sightings, Hong Kong ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Dehradun (India, about 10%), Bengaluru (India, about 10%) and Kochi (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Euthalia
The closest relatives of the Gaudy Baron that you can see in Hong Kong (genus Euthalia, Baron and Duke Butterflies) are White-Edged Blue Baron (about 10%) and Common Baron (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gaudy Baron is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (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.
