Parnara naso
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Parnara naso, the African straight or straight swift, is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar. The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa and Saccharum officinarum. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Parnara naso sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 96th most-seen of the 362 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.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Parnara naso in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in August and December–June, the lowest months. That is one of Mumbai's driest months, with about 100 mm of rain against 830 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Parnara naso sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 14
Of the 14 cities where we can rate Parnara naso sightings, Mumbai ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Prayagraj (India, about 30%), Chennai (India, about 30%) and Salem (India, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Parnara naso that you can see in Mumbai (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Indian Palm Bob (about 30%), Grass Demon (about 20%) and Common Awl (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Parnara naso is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (45 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.
