Ampittia dioscorides
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Ampittia dioscorides, the common bush hopper or simply bush hopper, is a species of butterfly found in India, China, Indochina, Cambodia and on to Borneo, Sumatra and Java belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Male. Upper.side. Forewing bright golden-yellow, costal line black, outer margin with a broad even black band, slightly but squarely bulged inward at the hinder angle, a broad black baud on the hinder margin with two golden-yellow spots in it, one a little before the middle, the other a little beyond the middle; a black band running up from the middle of the hinder marginal band to the costa one-third before the apex, throwing out a cross band from above its middle and joining the marginal
band; in some examples this diseal band is disconnected from the costa from the crossbar. Hindwing blackish-brown, with an irregular-shaped, short, broad, diseal, golden yellow band, composed of spots divided by the veins, the two centre ones elongated, the lower ones small. Cilia brown, touched in parts with golden-yellow, especially at the anal angle. Underside. Forewing as above, but the extreme outer margin is more or less golden-yellow. Hindwing with the ground colour... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 9 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bush Hopper sighting in Kozhikode on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 138 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.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bush Hopper in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, June–July and November, the lowest months. That is one of Kozhikode's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 390 mm in June.
Among the best
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Common Bush Hopper sightings, Kozhikode ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 20%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Common Bush Hopper that you can see in Kozhikode (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Grass Demon (about 20%), Chestnut Bob (about 20%) and Indian Palm Bob (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Bush Hopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Kozhikode (13 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.
