Phalanta phalantha
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Phalanta phalantha, the common leopard or spotted rustic, is a sun-loving butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family. The common leopard is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 50–55 mm with a tawny colour and marked with black spots. The underside of the butterfly is more glossy than the upper and both the male and female are similar looking. A more prominent purple gloss on the underside is found in the dry-season form of this butterfly.
Male aud female. Upperside bright yellowish-ochreous. Forewing with two black short slender sinuous bars across middle of the cell, a similar darker pair at its end, followed beyond by a short broad sinuous streak from the costa to the lower radial, and is then succeeded below the cell by an inwardly-oblique series of four irregular-shaped spots, and beyond by a medial-discal transverse row of similarly disposed narrow spots, an outer-discal row of round spots, then an inner submarginal sinuous line, confluent with an outer straight line, and a marginal row of triangular spots. Hindwing with a slightly-defined slender black lunule within the cell, two before its end, and two also above it; a transverse inner... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 3 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kanpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Leopard sighting in Prayagraj on a given day, based on 61 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Common Leopard in Prayagraj on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–June and August, the lowest months. That is one of Prayagraj's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against almost none in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Leopard sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 35 cities where we can rate Common Leopard sightings, Prayagraj has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Accra (Ghana, about 30%) and Jabalpur (India, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Leopard that you can see in Prayagraj (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 60%), Peacock Pansy (about 50%) and Great Eggfly (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Leopard is recorded against all the insects logged in Prayagraj (61 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.
