Chalciope alcyona
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Chalciope alcyona is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1888. It is found in the south Pacific, including Fiji, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia. The larvae can become a pest on Oryza sativa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chalciope alcyona sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 306th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chalciope alcyona in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and October–February, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chalciope alcyona sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chalciope alcyona sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Chalciope alcyona that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Asian Magpie Moth (about 20%), Asota orbona (about 20%) and Imperial Fruit Sucking Moth (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chalciope alcyona is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (13 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
