Ambulyx liturata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Ambulyx liturata is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Violet Gliding Hawkmoth sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 183rd most-seen of the 221 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.
June and August–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Violet Gliding Hawkmoth in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and October–January, the lowest months. Those are among Khao Yai National Park's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in December.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violet Gliding Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Khao Yai National Park, in our data
Khao Yai National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Violet Gliding Hawkmoth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ambulyx
The closest relatives of the Violet Gliding Hawkmoth that you can see in Khao Yai National Park (genus Ambulyx) are Ambulyx ochracea (about 10%), Ambulyx canescens (about 10%) and Cinnamon Gliding Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violet Gliding Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Khao Yai National Park (5 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.
