Transparent 6-Line Blue

Transparent 6-Line Blue

Nacaduba kurava

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Lamington National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

16 Verified sightings at Lamington National Park From 2019 to 2026
30 In all 2 parks
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Transparent 6-Line Blue

Nacaduba kurava, the transparent six-line blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in Asia and Australia. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857. Male upperside: pale dull violet with in certain lights a frosted silvery sheen; bases of wings suffused slightly with blue. Forewing: a slender anteciliary dark brown line. Hindwing: costa broadly paler; dorsum brownish; in most specimens the subterminal spots in interspaces 1 and 2 show through by transparency from the underside, in a few these spots are marked by actual scaling; an anteciliary dark brown line as in the forewing. Underside: brown. Forewing: transversely traversed by three pairs of white strigae, the innermost pair slightly curved, from subcostal vein to vein 1 across the middle of the cell; the inner striga of the medial pair complete, crosses on the inner side of the discocellulars from subcostal vein to vein 1, the outer striga beyond the discocellulars from vein 7 to vein 1, interrupted in interspace 5; the outer pair of strigae are discal and cross -from vein 7 to vein 3, the inner striga of the pair impinging at vein 3 on the outer striga of the medial pair... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~20%
2 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
~10%
3 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
4 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
5 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%
6 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
7 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
8 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Transparent 6-Line Blue in Lamington National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Transparent 6-Line Blue sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 113th most-seen of the 430 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Transparent 6-Line Blue in Lamington National Park?

February–May and December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Transparent 6-Line Blue in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Transparent 6-Line Blue?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Transparent 6-Line Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Lamington National Park the best place to see a Transparent 6-Line Blue?

Yes

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Transparent 6-Line Blue sightings, Lamington National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Taroko National Park (Taiwan, about 10%).

Where does the Transparent 6-Line Blue sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Transparent 6-Line Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Lamington National Park (16 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.

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