Papilio bianor
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Papilio bianor, also known as the common peacock, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, the swallowtails. It is native to Continental Asia. It is the state butterfly of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. This species is variable in size. Individuals emerged in the spring reach 4 to 8 centimeters wide, while those emerged in the summer can reach 12 centimeters. The forewings are black with dark veining and green scales. The undersides are brown, turning white distally with dark veining. The hindwings are tailed and have ridged edges containing reddish eyespots. The body is black with green scales.
The male has black hair on the forewings, which the female lacks.. P. bianor. Geographically as well as seasonally very variable. male: the pilose stripes broad, the posterior three usually united, when they are separated the stripe of the lower median remains broader than the interspace, which separates it from the stripe of the submedian fold; upper surface of the forewing dusted with green or greenblue, this scaling commonly condensed into a band before the narrowly dark distal margin; upper surface of the hindwing anteriorly blue... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chinese Peacock Swallowtail sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 69 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 482 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chinese Peacock Swallowtail in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in December and January, the lowest months. That is one of Guangzhou's wettest months, with about 280 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chinese Peacock Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Chinese Peacock Swallowtail sightings, Guangzhou ranks 12th at about 10%. The best odds are in Changzhou (China, about 30%), Guiyang (China, about 30%) and Chongqing (China, about 30%).
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Chinese Peacock Swallowtail that you can see in Guangzhou (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 20%), Chinese Yellow Swallowtail (about 10%) and Paris Peacock Swallowtail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chinese Peacock Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (69 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.
