Hill Grass Yellow

Hill Grass Yellow

Eurema simulatrix

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Singapore

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

177 Verified sightings at Singapore
December Best month

About the Hill Grass Yellow

Eurema simulatrix, the changeable grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Burma to Sundaland, Cambodia and the Philippines. The habitat consists of secondary or disturbed habitats including forest clearings, roadsides and riverbanks, parks and gardens.

The length of the forewings is 21–26 mm (0.83–1.02 in) for males and 19–25 mm (0.75–0.98 in) for females. Adults have two cell spots on the underside of the forewings and a large, almost cleft, reddish-brown apical spot on the forewing. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Hill Grass Yellow in Singapore?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Grass Yellow sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 177 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 163rd most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Hill Grass Yellow in Singapore?

May to March

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Grass Yellow in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.

Where else can you see a Hill Grass Yellow?

Only Singapore, in our data

Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hill Grass Yellow sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Hill Grass Yellow live in Singapore?

Same genus: Eurema

The closest relatives of the Hill Grass Yellow that you can see in Singapore (genus Eurema, Grass Yellows) are Common Grass Yellow (about 10%) and Chocolate Grass Yellow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Hill Grass Yellow sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Hill Grass Yellow is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (177 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.

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