Everes lacturnus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Cupido lacturnus, the Indian Cupid, is a small butterfly found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tipped Pea-Blue sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 117 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.
February and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tipped Pea-Blue in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May to November, the lowest months. Those are among Sinharaja Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 490 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Tipped Pea-Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Orange-Tipped Pea-Blue sightings, Sinharaja Forest Reserve has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Lamington National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Orange-Tipped Pea-Blue that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Angled Pierrot (about 30%), Common Cerulean (about 30%) and Red Pierrot (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Tipped Pea-Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (11 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.
