Micronia aculeata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Micronia aculeata also known as Grey Swallowtail Moth is a species of moth of subfamily Microniinae of family Uraniidae found in Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka towards Sulawesi. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Swallowtail Moth sighting in Taichung on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 113th most-seen of the 197 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Swallowtail Moth in Taichung on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–March, the lowest months. That is one of Taichung's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 40 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Swallowtail Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Grey Swallowtail Moth sightings, Taichung ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (India, about 30%), Jabalpur (India, about 20%) and Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Grey Swallowtail Moth that you can see in Taichung (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Pale Grass Blue (about 40%), Lime Swallowtail (about 30%) and Small White (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Swallowtail Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Taichung (13 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.
