Euchromia polymena
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Euchromia polymena is a species of day flying moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. These moths are vibrantly coloured and look like wasps so known as Wasp moth or Painted handmaiden moth. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in India and south-eastern Asia, as well as on Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines. It is also present in the northern part of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Hindwings have veins 3 and 4 extending from the angle of the cell. The body is black, with a blue spot on the vertex of the head. The frons is white, and the tegulae feature a white spot. The collar and the 1st, 4th, and 5th abdominal segments are crimson, while the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th segments are edged with metallic blue. Forewings have a basal metallic-blue spot and two spots at the end of the cell. They also feature a large sub-basal spot, a bifid medial spot, and a quadrified post-medial orange spot. The hindwing displays trifid basal and quadrified post-medial orange spots. The coxa of the forelegs and three spots on the pectus are white. The larva is reddish with red tubercles. It has... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Handmaiden Moth sighting in Nagarhole National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 18 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Handmaiden Moth in Nagarhole National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–June, August and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Nagarhole National Park's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against 10 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted Handmaiden Moth 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.
Only Nagarhole National Park, in our data
Nagarhole National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Painted Handmaiden Moth sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Painted Handmaiden Moth that you can see in Nagarhole National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Marbled White Moth (about 20%) and Amata elongata (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Handmaiden Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Nagarhole National Park (6 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.
