Attacus taprobanis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Attacus taprobanis is a moth of family Saturniidae. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka. This species is very similar in morphology to the much more widely distributed Attacus atlas. It was once considered a subspecies of A. atlas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sri Lankan Atlas Moth sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sri Lankan Atlas Moth in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May, July–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sri Lankan Atlas Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sri Lankan Atlas Moth sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Sri Lankan Atlas Moth that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Great Mormon Swallowtail (about 40%), Glad-Eye Bushbrown (about 40%) and Clipper (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sri Lankan Atlas Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (8 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.
