Zizina otis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Zizina otis, the lesser grass blue, is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south and southeast Asia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as Zizina labradus, the common grass blue.
Zizina otis occurs in south Asia. It was reported from the Hawaiian island of Oahu in 2008. While Zizina otis labradus is found in the North Island of New Zealand and the northern part of the South Island, Zizina otis oxleyi is found only in the southern part of the South Island.
Pale violet blue, with a silvery sheen in certain lights, forewing: a broad brown edging along the termen, which covers in some specimens quite the outer fourth of the wing, while in others is much narrower. It is always broadest at the apex and is bounded by an anteciliary darker line, beyond which the cilia are brownish at base and white outwardly.
Hindwing: anterior or costal third to half and apex brown; a slender black anteciliary line, beyond which the cilia are as in the forewing. Brownish grey. Forewing: a short, transverse, dusky lunule on the discocellulars... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 16 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 18 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 2 | Kota | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 5 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Tainan | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 8 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 9 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Grass Blue sighting in Hyderabad on a given day, based on 94 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 318 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Grass Blue in Hyderabad on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month. Those are among Hyderabad's driest months, with about 10 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 Lesser Grass 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.
13th of 47
Of the 47 cities where we can rate Lesser Grass Blue sightings, Hyderabad ranks 13th at about 20%. The best odds are in Davao City (Philippines, about 40%), Kota (India, about 40%) and Vadodara (India, about 30%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Lesser Grass 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 Lesser Grass Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Hyderabad (94 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.
