Chliaria othona
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Chliaria othona, the orchid tit, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. The orchid tit is one of the rare butterflies belonging to the family Lycaenidae (Kehimkar, 2008). This butterfly is fairly common in northern India, but was reported to be very rare in southern India. In India, Chliaria othona is distributed in the Western Ghats, Uttaranchal to Arunachal Pradesh, the northeast, West Bengal and the Andaman Islands. It was also reported from Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The species prefers wet forests of up to 1524 meters altitude from the mean sea level and occasionally visits damp patches for mud-puddling. The caterpillars of orchid tit feed on the flower buds and flowers of orchids, hence the name. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orchid Tit sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 71 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Orchid Tit in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November, the lowest month. June to August have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orchid Tit sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Namdapha National Park, in our data
Namdapha National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orchid Tit sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Orchid Tit that you can see in Namdapha National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Elbowed Pierrot (about 60%), Fluffy Tit (about 50%) and Common Tit (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orchid Tit is recorded against all the insects logged in Namdapha National Park (7 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.
