Colotis fausta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Colotis fausta, the large salmon Arab, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Israel, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, India, Arabia, Chad, Somalia and United Arab Emirates.
The ground colour on the upperside of males is pale salmon buff, paler in specimens from desert areas, darker in those procured in regions where there is a regular though not heavy rainfall. Forewing: base and costal margin irrorated (speckled) in varying degree with dusky scales; an oval annular discocellular spot that varies in size; a black, festooned, postdiscal band that extends from costa to vein 4, beyond which the veins are margined with black; this colour broadened sub-terminally into a second transverse fascia, that is followed by a very fine black line on the extreme terminal margin. In specimens from desert regions the transverse bands and the black edging to the veins are narrow, but in moister areas the two transverse bands unite posteriorly and with the slender black terminal line give an appearance as of a double series of spots of the ground colour enclosed between them. Hindwing: more uniform, the veins with... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Salmon Arab Tip sighting in New Delhi on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 74th most-seen of the 174 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Salmon Arab Tip in New Delhi on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and December–March, the lowest months.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Large Salmon Arab Tip sightings, New Delhi ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Jerusalem (Israel, about 30%) and Tel Aviv (Israel, about 10%).
Same genus: Colotis
The closest relatives of the Large Salmon Arab Tip that you can see in New Delhi (genus Colotis, Tips) are Little Orange-Tip (about 10%), Small Salmon Arab (about 10%) and Blue-Spotted Arab (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Salmon Arab Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in New Delhi (20 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.
