Attacus taprobanis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Attacus taprobanis is a moth of family Saturniidae. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka. This species is very similar in morphology to the much more widely distributed Attacus atlas. It was once considered a subspecies of A. atlas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sri Lankan Atlas Moth sighting in Kozhikode on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 121st 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.
May and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sri Lankan Atlas Moth in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sri Lankan Atlas Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kozhikode, in our data
Kozhikode is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sri Lankan Atlas Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Sri Lankan Atlas Moth that you can see in Kozhikode (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Chocolate Pansy (about 40%), Tailed Palmfly (about 40%) and Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sri Lankan Atlas Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Kozhikode (5 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.
