Colotis etrida
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Colotis etrida, the little orange tip, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is native to India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The ground colour on the upperside of the males is white, sparsely irrorated (speckled) at base of forewings and hindwings with black scales. The forewing has a small black spot on the discocellulars; apex broadly black, with an enclosed oval, curved, rich orange patch placed obliquely and traversed by the veins, which there are black; inner edge of black area diffuse. Hindwing is uniform, except for a preapical short diffuse black streak from the costa, sometimes absent, and a series of terminal black spots that in specimens from moist localities are very large. Underside is white with the cell and apex of forewing suffused with sulphur yellow, the orange patch of the upperside shows through by transparency, its inner edge margined anteriorly by a very obscure oblique fuscous band. Hindwing has the preapical short transverse black streak on the upperside obscurely indicated.
The female is very similar to the male but can be distinguished as follows: Upperside of the forewing has a narrower orange patch enclosed within the black apical... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Little Orange-Tip sighting in Hyderabad on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 128th 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Little Orange-Tip in Hyderabad on a given day, against under 5% in May, September and November–March, the lowest months. That is one of Hyderabad's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against almost none in December.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Little Orange-Tip sightings, Hyderabad ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in New Delhi (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Colotis
The closest relatives of the Little Orange-Tip that you can see in Hyderabad (genus Colotis, Tips) are Banded Scarlet Tip (about 10%), Plain Orange-Tip (about 10%) and Large Salmon Arab Tip (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Orange-Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in Hyderabad (19 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.
