Amata cyssea
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Amata cyssea, the handmaiden moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chandigarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | New Delhi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th 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.
November to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in September and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
14th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth sightings, Mumbai ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Berhampore (India, about 40%), Kolkata (India, about 30%) and Chandigarh (India, about 20%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth that you can see in Mumbai (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Footman Moth (about 10%), Banyan Tussock Moth (about 10%) and Tropical Tiger Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Seven-Spotted Handmaiden Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (39 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.
