Asota heliconia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Asota heliconia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to Queensland and the Solomons. The wingspan is 52 mm. Larvae have been recorded on Averrhoa species. Asota heliconia atrata (Solomon Islands)
Asota heliconia bandana (Kayao island, Banda Elat) Asota heliconia clavata (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, northern Vietnam) Asota heliconia dama (Australia, New Zealand) Asota heliconia dicta (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines)
Asota heliconia doryca (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea ) Asota heliconia enganensis (Enggano) Asota heliconia ghara (Kai Islands) Asota heliconia heliconia (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan) Asota heliconia intacta (Indonesia)
Asota heliconia kalaonica (Sulawesi) Asota heliconia kiriwinae (Trobiand Island) Asota heliconia lanceolata (Sulawesi) Asota heliconia latiradia (Babar island) Asota heliconia leuconeura (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) Asota heliconia malisa (Indonesia)
Asota heliconia natunensis (Indonesia) Asota heliconia nicobarica (Nicobar Islands) Asota heliconia perimele (Indonesia) Asota heliconia philippina (Philippines) Asota heliconia sangirensis (Indonesia... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 2 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 3 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 4 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 5 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Taichung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Tainan | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 10 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asota heliconia sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 276th most-seen of the 557 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.
April and June–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asota heliconia in Tuen Mun on a given day, against under 5% in May and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asota heliconia sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
10th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Asota heliconia sightings, Tuen Mun ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Davao City (Philippines, about 30%), Taipei (Taiwan, about 20%) and Manila (Philippines, about 20%).
Same genus: Asota
The closest relatives of the Asota heliconia that you can see in Tuen Mun (genus Asota) are Asota plaginota (about 10%) and Tropical Tiger Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asota heliconia is recorded against all the insects logged in Tuen Mun (12 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.
