Daphnis nerii
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Daphnis nerii, the oleander hawk-moth or army green moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Daphnis nerii is a large hawk-moth found in wide areas of Africa, Asia and Hawaii. It is a migratory species, flying to parts of eastern and southern Europe during the summer, particularly Turkey, very occasionally reaching western Europe, including England and can even reach to as far north as Scotland or even Finland.
The adults feed on nectar of a great variety of flowers. They have a preference for fragrant species like petunia, jasmine, periwinkle and honeysuckle. They are especially active in the twilight time, hovering over the flowers after sunset.
The caterpillars feed mainly on oleander (Nerium oleander) leaves, a highly toxic plant, to which the caterpillars are immune. They also may feed on most other plants of the dogbane family, such as Adenium obesum, Tabernaemontana divaricata and Alstonia scholaris in India. They also eat unbloomed flowers of Tabernaemontana divaricata at night. In England, where the species is one of the rarest migrant hawk-moths, a larva... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durg | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Lucknow | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 8 | Hanoi | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 10 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Oleander Hawkmoth sighting in Lucknow on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 9 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Oleander Hawkmoth in Lucknow on a given day, against under 5% in May and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Lucknow's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 320 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oleander Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
2nd of 50
Of the 50 cities where we can rate Oleander Hawkmoth sightings, Lucknow ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Durg (India, about 40%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Oleander Hawkmoth that you can see in Lucknow (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 30%), Lime Swallowtail (about 30%) and Common Evening Brown (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oleander Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Lucknow (7 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.
