Cyana peregrina
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kozhikode

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

6 Verified sightings at Kozhikode
40 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Cyana peregrina

Cyana peregrina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India (Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Travancore) and Sri Lanka. The habitat consists of forests. It has white palpi and the lower parts of the frons are scarlet. The tegulae are edged with scarlet, scarlet bands across thorax and patagia and on meta-thorax, less scarlet, the fore coxae, mid femora, and hind tibiae and femora are white and the abdomen is tinged with scarlet above except towards the base. Forewings with subbasal scarlet line expanding at costa, an ante-medial line bent inwards to the costa and slightly edged by black on the inner side. There is a postmedial line slightly edged by black on the outer side and bent inwards above vein three. There is a black spot in the upper angle of the cell and two on the discocellulars, and a brownish mark beyond the postmedial line below the costa, a terminal scarlet band running from the apex to the postmedial line. The hindwings have the inner area and termen tinged with scarlet.

Forewings with one black spot at the end of the cell. The black edges to the ante- and postmedial lines are prominent, the latter oblique throughout... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bengaluru 🇮🇳 India
~10%
2 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~10%
3 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
5 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cyana peregrina in Kozhikode?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cyana peregrina sighting in Kozhikode on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 138 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Cyana peregrina in Kozhikode?

April, August and October–November

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cyana peregrina in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, September and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Cyana peregrina?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cyana peregrina sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Kozhikode the best place to see a Cyana peregrina?

Among the best

Of the 5 cities where we can rate Cyana peregrina sightings, Kozhikode ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bengaluru (India, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Cyana peregrina live in Kozhikode?

Same family: Erebidae

The closest relatives of the Cyana peregrina that you can see in Kozhikode (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Tropical Tiger Moth (about 20%), Dot-Underwing Moth (about 20%) and Kanara Tiger Moth (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Cyana peregrina sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cyana peregrina is recorded against all the insects logged in Kozhikode (6 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.

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