Elymnias malelas
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Elymnias malelas, the spotted palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in northern India and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm. 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 Spotted Palmfly 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.
April and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Palmfly in Kathmandu on a given day, against under 5% in May and November–March, the lowest months. Those are among Kathmandu's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against almost none in November.
Only Kathmandu, in our data
Kathmandu is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Palmfly sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Spotted Palmfly that you can see in Kathmandu (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Indian Tortoiseshell (about 40%), Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 40%) and Common Evening Brown (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Palmfly 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.
