Vagrans egista
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Vagrans is monotypic genus with the species vagrant (Vagrans egista), a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. The upperside of the wings are rich ochre yellow. The forewing is dusky brown towards the base and near the tornus. The cel has three black sinuous lines and there is a line along the discocellulars. The interspaces beyond the apex of the cell are dark brown, the dark colour continues out in interspace 4 and joins a broad oblique short band from the costa. The dusky-brown shading at bases of interspaces 1–3 darkens outwards; Other marks include a transverse postdiscal series of dark brown spots, interrupted by large quadrate dark brown marks in interspace 4 and below costa; a subterminal lunular line and a broad terminal band dark brown or black. Hindwing is shaded toward the posterior and outer half by dusky brown and has a postdiscal row of dark brown spots, followed by a subterminal series of broad lunules and a broad terminal band dark brown or black. Underside of forewing has the basal area purplish brown, posterior half ochraceous yellow; the cell is crossed by three sinuous... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tailed Rustic sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 71 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to December
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tailed Rustic in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–March, May and September, the lowest months. Those are among Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July. 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 Tailed Rustic 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 Tailed Rustic sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Tailed Rustic that you can see in Namdapha National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Large Yeoman (about 60%), Indian Purple Emperor (about 60%) and Popinjay (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tailed Rustic is recorded against all the insects logged in Namdapha National Park (10 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.
