Spialia galba
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Spialia galba, the Indian grizzled skipper, is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia. The butterfly ranges from Sri Lanka, India to the Shan states in northern Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan.
The butterfly is very common in India up to an altitude of 1800 m. Male. Upperside black, with a slight olive tint, spotted with white. Forewing with three spots in the cell, sub-basal, medial, and terminal, a spot on the sub-median vein below the sub-basal spot, a discal series of eight spots, commencing with three that are sub-apical, close together from near the costa, then two together, the lower the larger, then two larger, more or less square conjugated spots a little inwards and a spot on the sub-median vein still inwards; a complete sub-marginal series of small spots one in each interspace; four short white streaks on the outer half of the costal line. Hindwing with a sub-basal spot in the cell, a larger... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Grizzled Skipper sighting in Thiruvananthapuram on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 95th most-seen of the 112 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and April
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Grizzled Skipper in Thiruvananthapuram on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–July and September–January, the lowest months. Those are among Thiruvananthapuram's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in October.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Grizzled Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Asian Grizzled Skipper sightings, Thiruvananthapuram ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 20%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Asian Grizzled Skipper that you can see in Thiruvananthapuram (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Chestnut Bob (about 30%), Grass Demon (about 20%) and Common Bush Hopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Grizzled Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Thiruvananthapuram (5 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.
