Neopithecops zalmora
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Neopithecops zalmora, the Quaker, is a small butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The subspecies of Neopithecops zalmora are- Neopithecops zalmora zalmora Butler, 1870 – north-east India, Myanmar
In most specimens, but not in all, the male also has the disc of the forewing similarly paler. Underside; white. Forewing: apex dusky brown, apices of veins 10, 11 and 12 with a minute black dot; no discal markings, but the discocellulars picked out with a short, very slender, obscure brown line; a postdiscal, irregular, transverse series of slender brown lunules, followed by a transverse, very slender, sinuous brown line, the white ground colour in the interspaces beyond centred by a subterminal series of transverse black spots.
Hindwing: discocellulars with a short brown line similar to that on the forewing, followed by a subdorsal small round black... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Quaker sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 190th most-seen of the 428 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.
April–June and August–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Quaker in Kochi on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and July, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Quaker sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Quaker sightings, Kochi ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kozhikode (India, about 20%), Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 20%) and Dehradun (India, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Quaker that you can see in Kochi (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Monkey Puzzle (about 20%), Common Cerulean (about 20%) and Lesser Grass Blue (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Quaker is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (21 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.
