Catopsilia pyranthe
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Catopsilia pyranthe, the mottled emigrant, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae found in south Asia, southeast Asia, and parts of Australia. The upperside is chalky white, slightly tinted in some specimens with green. The forewing is with or without a discocellular black spot, that varies in size; costa and termen sometimes without a black margin; occasionally the costa has its apical third narrowly black, broadened slightly at the apex with black spots between the anterior veins; or again, the costa may be narrowly black, the apex very broadly so, and this colour continued down the termen but narrowed posteriorly. The hindwing is sometimes immaculate, but generally with narrow terminal black spots at the apices of the veins, these often reduced to mere dots, or again so broadened as to coalesce into a narrow terminal black margin.
The underside's ground colour is similar, suffused on the anterior half of the forewing and over the whole surface of the hindwing with a greenish tint that varies to an ochraceous yellow, and, except in the very palest specimens, is evenly irrorated (sprinkled) over the greenish or ochraceous-tinted areas with transverse... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Karachi | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 5 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Emigrant sighting in Prayagraj on a given day, based on 148 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Emigrant in Prayagraj on a given day, against under 5% in May and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Prayagraj's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against almost none in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mottled Emigrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 39 cities where we can rate Mottled Emigrant sightings, Prayagraj ranks 2nd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Salem (India, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mottled Emigrant is recorded against all the insects logged in Prayagraj (148 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.
