Drepana pallida
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Drepana pallida is a moth of the family Drepanidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in south-east Asia, from northern India and Myanmar to Vietnam, mainland China and Taiwan. The length of the forewings is 19–22 mm for males and about 22 mm for females. Adults are pale brown, the forewings with traces of several antemedial lines and a dark spot at the end of the cell. There is an oblique fulvous band from near the apex to the inner margin beyond the middle, slightly bent near the inner margin. There is a series of indistinct submarginal dark specks. The hindwings are similar, but the fulvous band is curved. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Drepana pallida sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 71 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Drepana pallida in Kathmandu on a given day, against under 5% in January and April–August, the lowest months. Those are among Kathmandu's driest months, with almost no rain against 280 mm in July.
Only Kathmandu, in our data
Kathmandu is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Drepana pallida sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Drepana pallida that you can see in Kathmandu (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Indian Tortoiseshell (about 40%), Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 40%) and Indian Cabbage White (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Drepana pallida is recorded against all the insects logged in Kathmandu (8 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.
