Allotinus unicolor
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Allotinus unicolor, the lesser darkie, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in Asia. Seitz - A. unicolor. An insignificant, rare species which has hitherto been often confounded with allied species. Inferior in size to A. horsfieldi and posidion, differing from all the allies by the distinctly roundish forewings
reminding us of A. aphocha Kheil. The hindwings of the female either entire, or in contrast with aphocha only with minute teeth. The sexual macula on the forewing above smaller than in posidion. Under surface white, but not so purely chalk-coloured as in paetus Nicev. Basal part and cell of both wings with thick, brown, little dashes. Both wings are, besides, distally from the cell, crossed by a remarkably pronounced series of brown
spots being combined to a loose band. Uncus shorter, broader, dorsally less deeply indented than in A. aphocha. A. u. unicolor (Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malay Peninsula, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Karimata, Lingga, Natuna) Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Unicolored Darkwing sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 377th most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Unicolored Darkwing in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–May, the lowest months.
Only Singapore, in our data
Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Unicolored Darkwing sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Unicolored Darkwing that you can see in Singapore (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Branded Imperial (about 20%), Lesser Grass Blue (about 20%) and Tiny Grass Blue (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Unicolored Darkwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (47 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.
