Chitaura indica
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Chitaura indica is a species of grasshopper found in South India. It was described by Boris Uvarov in 1929 based on specimens collected from Siddapura in the Karnataka part of the Western Ghats. Despite his original paper introduction mentioning that the holotype of this species along with nine other described by him in the paper was deposited in Natural History Museum of Geneva collections, it was the paratype that was actually deposited in the Geneva collections. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India |
No species of the same family or order lives in Periyar National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chitaura indica sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 44 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.
May and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Chitaura indica in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June–July and December, the lowest months. Those are among Periyar National Park's wettest months, with about 300 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chitaura indica sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Periyar National Park, in our data
Periyar National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chitaura indica sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chitaura indica is recorded against all the insects logged in Periyar 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.
