Theretra lycetus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Theretra lycetus, the white-edged hunter hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 228th most-seen of the 362 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months. Those are among Mumbai's wettest months, with about 510 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Only Mumbai, in our data
Mumbai is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (12 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.
