Kaniska canace
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Kaniska canace, the blue admiral, is a nymphalid butterfly, the only species of the genus Kaniska. It is found in south and southeast Asia. The upperside of forewings and hindwings is black, while the underside is black and brown. Also the body is completely black. Forewings have a blue band at the wavy outer edge, a blue or white spot at the wing... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Admiral sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 73rd most-seen of the 482 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Admiral in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in January, March and July–September, the lowest months. That is one of Guangzhou's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 330 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue Admiral sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
17th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Blue Admiral sightings, Guangzhou ranks 17th at about 10%. The best odds are in Nanjing (China, about 20%), Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Naha (Japan, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue Admiral is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (40 verified sightings), 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.
