Lexias pardalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Lexias pardalis, the common archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Lexias pardalis prefer paths, clearings and edges of primary forests and they are easily sighted in sunny areas standing on the forest floor. Lexias pardalis has a wingspan reaching about... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Zhuhai [Macau] | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Archduke sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 118th 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.
March–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Archduke in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–February, the lowest months. Those are among Guangzhou's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in December.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Archduke sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Common Archduke sightings, Guangzhou ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Hong Kong (China, about 20%), Tuen Mun (China, about 20%) and Singapore (Singapore, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Archduke that you can see in Guangzhou (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Lemon Pansy (about 20%), Chocolate Pansy (about 20%) and Great Eggfly (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Archduke is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (26 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.
