Amata cyssea
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Amata cyssea, the handmaiden moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chandigarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | New Delhi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth sighting in Kolkata on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 213 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to March
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth in Kolkata on a given day, against about 10% in July to November, the lowest months. Those are among Kolkata's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 330 mm in July.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth sightings, Kolkata ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Berhampore (India, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Kolkata (85 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.
