Burara jaina
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Burara jaina, the orange awlet, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in Asia. The butterfly was reassigned to the genus Burara by Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003), and is considered Burara jaina by them. The orange awlet is found in India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
In India, this butterfly is found in the Western Ghats and the Himalayas from Garhwal (Mussoorie) to Sikkim and Assam eastwards to Myanmar. The type locality is Darjeeling in West Bengal, India. It is fairly common in Kodagu and Thenmala but rare elsewhere in India.
Both sexes: The butterfly, which has a wingspan of 60 to 70 mm, is a dark vinaceous (colour of red wine) brown above. The forewing has an orange costal streak from the base above the cell to about halfway along the wing, while the hindwing has an orange fringe. The butterfly is paler below and has orange bands along the veins of the hindwing.
Male: The male may have an indistinct dark brand placed centrally on the forewing above, between mid 1b to vein 3. Edward Yerbury Watson (1891) gives a detailed description, shown below: Male. Upperside forewing with an orange red subcostal basal streak and an indistinct... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Orange Awlet sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 233rd most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–July and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Orange Awlet in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and August–November, the lowest months.
Only Taipei, in our data
Taipei is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Orange Awlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Common Orange Awlet that you can see in Taipei (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Restricted Demon (about 10%), Indian Palm Bob (about 10%) and Dark Palm-Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Orange Awlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Taipei (40 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.
