Colotis etrida
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Colotis etrida, the little orange tip, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is native to India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The ground colour on the upperside of the males is white, sparsely irrorated (speckled) at base of forewings and hindwings with black scales. The forewing has a small black spot on the discocellulars; apex broadly black, with an enclosed oval, curved, rich orange patch placed obliquely and traversed by the veins, which there are black; inner edge of black area diffuse. Hindwing is uniform, except for a preapical short diffuse black streak from the costa, sometimes absent, and a series of terminal black spots that in specimens from moist localities are very large. Underside is white with the cell and apex of forewing suffused with sulphur yellow, the orange patch of the upperside shows through by transparency, its inner edge margined anteriorly by a very obscure oblique fuscous band. Hindwing has the preapical short transverse black streak on the upperside obscurely indicated.
The female is very similar to the male but can be distinguished as follows: Upperside of the forewing has a narrower orange patch enclosed within the black apical... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Little Orange-Tip sighting in New Delhi on a given day, based on 43 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 49th most-seen of the 174 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Little Orange-Tip in New Delhi on a given day, against under 5% in June and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among New Delhi's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against almost none in November.
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Of the 3 cities where we can rate Little Orange-Tip sightings, New Delhi has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Hyderabad (India, about 10%) and Pune (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Colotis
The closest relatives of the Little Orange-Tip that you can see in New Delhi (genus Colotis, Tips) are Large Salmon Arab 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 Little Orange-Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in New Delhi (43 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.
