Hycleus phaleratus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Hycleus phaleratus, is a species of blister beetle found in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. It is sometimes considered a problem in agricultural cultivation but has been used in traditional Chinese medicine. The species was formerly placed in the genus Mylabris.
Body length is about 18 to 25.1 mm. Head with moderately coarse deep and dense punctures. Eyes longer and reniform. Maxillary palpi with triangular apical segment. Pronotum strongly convergent from apical third to apex. Pubescence long, and dense on pronotum. Elytra with moderately coarse, shallow punctures and short pubescence. Basal region consists with two yellowish spots. These spots become rectangular in shape from dorsally and laterally. The median and apical
yellow bands are less undulate. Ventrum moderately and coarsely punctate and shiny. Male has shallowly emarginate sixth visible abdominal sternum, whereas female with entire apex in sixth visible abdominal sternum. Elytral axillary spot covered with black setae. Fore margins of the mesepisterna almost parallel which runs along the median groove. In male, proximal aedeagal hook is closer to the distal one... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hycleus phaleratus sighting in Prayagraj on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 61st most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hycleus phaleratus in Prayagraj on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–June, the lowest months. That is one of Prayagraj's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against almost none in November.
Only Prayagraj, in our data
Prayagraj is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hycleus phaleratus sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Hycleus phaleratus that you can see in Prayagraj (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Six-Spotted Zigzag Ladybird (about 30%), Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle (about 30%) and Anegleis cardoni (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hycleus phaleratus is recorded against all the insects logged in Prayagraj (19 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.
