Acytolepis puspa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Acytolepis puspa, the common hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapur, Yunnan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.
The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis puspa (Toxopeus). It is the type species for the genus Acytolepis. Wet-season brood. male. Upperside: violaceous blue, with brilliant iridescent tints in certain lights. Forewing: the costa, apex and termen bordered with black, this edging narrows from base to the middle of the costa, then broadens greatly at apex, where it occupies the apical fourth of the wing, and is again narrowed below vein 4, whence it is continued as an even band to the tornus; on the disc beyond the apex of the cell the ground colour is sensibly paler, and the dark markings of the cell are faintly visible by transparency from below. Hindwing: the costa very broadly, the termen much more narrowly black; the black bordering on the latter consists of a series of rounded coalescent spots, which on the inner side are margined by faint... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Hedge Blue sighting in Hyderabad on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 134th most-seen of the 318 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.
January and February
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Hedge Blue in Hyderabad on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August and October, the lowest months. Those are among Hyderabad's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Hedge Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
17th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Common Hedge Blue sightings, Hyderabad ranks 17th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jamshedpur (India, about 30%), Tuen Mun (China, about 30%) and Jabalpur (India, about 20%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Common Hedge Blue that you can see in Hyderabad (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Plains Cupid (about 30%), Red Pierrot (about 30%) and Zebra Blue (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Hedge Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Hyderabad (18 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.
