Baracus vittatus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Baracus vittatus, the hedge-hopper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson described this butterfly as: Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Male with the lower basal and discal area of both wings olive-grey, and a small subapical spot of the same colour also on the forewing. Female: forewing with a small olive -grey subapical spot and slender macular discal streak: hindwing with less distinct olive-grey lower basal and discal area. Underside ferruginous, the veins narrowly lined with paler ferruginous: forewing with the basal area dusky brown: hindwing with a longitudinal medial yellow fascia from base of cell, and less distinct short yellow discal streak between the veins. Body, palpi, and legs olive-brown, paler beneath.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hedge-Hopper sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 77th most-seen of the 117 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.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hedge-Hopper in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in April–July, October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hedge-Hopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Hedge-Hopper sightings, Sinharaja Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Horton Plains National Park (Sri Lanka, about 40%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Hedge-Hopper that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Restricted Demon (about 20%), Sri Lanka Black Flat (about 20%) and Common Banded Demon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hedge-Hopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (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.
