Udara dilectus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Udara dilecta, the pale hedge blue or Himalayan pale hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India, Nepal, China, and Malaya that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1879. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Hedge Blue sighting in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 35th most-seen of the 153 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Hedge Blue in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July and September–December, the lowest months. Those are among Doi Inthanon National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 340 mm in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Hedge Blue sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Pale Hedge Blue sightings, Doi Inthanon National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 30%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Pale Hedge Blue that you can see in Doi Inthanon National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Common Pierrot (about 10%), Common Hedge Blue (about 10%) and Orange Punch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Hedge Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Doi Inthanon National Park (18 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.
