Amblypodia anita
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Amblypodia anita, the purple leaf blue or leaf blue, is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Java. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Purple Leaf Blue sighting in Jabalpur on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 88 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Purple Leaf Blue in Jabalpur on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and May–July, the lowest months. That is one of Jabalpur's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain against 5 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple Leaf Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Purple Leaf Blue sightings, Jabalpur has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Salem (India, about 10%) and Mumbai (India, under 5%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Purple Leaf Blue that you can see in Jabalpur (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Common Pierrot (about 40%), Red Pierrot (about 30%) and Common Cerulean (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple Leaf Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Jabalpur (23 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.
