Badamia exclamationis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Badamia exclamationis, commonly known as the brown awl or narrow-winged awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania. The brown awl is found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, South Yunnan, Australia and Japan. This butterfly is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and in the Andaman Islands. The type locality is South India.
As per William Harry Evans (1932), the butterfly is common in India and rare in the Andaman Islands. A forest butterfly, the brown awl favours openings and edges of deciduous and evergreen forests while its caterpillars are to be found in moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests. It flies about either late or early in the morning in the shade of the jungles. It can be sometimes seen in bright sunlight visiting flowers, such as Glycosmis, Buddleia, Chromolaena and Lantana, but is very wary and energetic at such times... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Awl sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 196th most-seen of the 447 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Awl in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Awl sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Brown Awl sightings, Taroko National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Brown Awl that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Indian Palm Bob (about 10%), Striped Bush Hopper (about 10%) and Formosan Swift (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Awl is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (13 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.
