Neopithecops zalmora
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Quaker sighting in Kozhikode on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 45th most-seen of the 138 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Quaker in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–April and November, 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.
Yes
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Quaker sightings, Kozhikode has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 20%) and Dehradun (India, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Quaker that you can see in Kozhikode (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Common Pierrot (about 30%), Common Cerulean (about 30%) and Monkey Puzzle (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 Kozhikode (19 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.
