Parnara naso
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Parnara naso, the African straight or straight swift, is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar. The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa and Saccharum officinarum. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Parnara naso sighting in Salem on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 75th most-seen of the 99 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.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Parnara naso in Salem on a given day, against under 5% in January–May, July and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Parnara naso sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 14
Of the 14 cities where we can rate Parnara naso sightings, Salem ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Prayagraj (India, about 30%) and Chennai (India, about 30%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Parnara naso that you can see in Salem (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Green-Marbled Sandman (about 40%), Common Banded Awl (about 30%) and Common Grass-Dart (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Parnara naso is recorded against all the insects logged in Salem (9 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.
