Five-Dot Sergeant

Five-Dot Sergeant

Limenitis sulpitia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Hangzhou

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

8 Verified sightings at Hangzhou
8 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Changzhou 🇨🇳 China
~30%
2 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~20%
3 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
~10%
4 Suzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
5 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
6 Shanghai 🇨🇳 China
~10%
7 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
8 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
9 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Five-Dot Sergeant in Hangzhou?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Dot Sergeant sighting in Hangzhou on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 172 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.

When is the best time to see a Five-Dot Sergeant in Hangzhou?

October

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Dot Sergeant in Hangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. That is one of Hangzhou's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 250 mm in June.

What time of day is best to see a Five-Dot Sergeant?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Five-Dot Sergeant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Hangzhou the best place to see a Five-Dot Sergeant?

5th of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Five-Dot Sergeant sightings, Hangzhou ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Changzhou (China, about 30%), Tuen Mun (China, about 20%) and Hong Kong (China, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Five-Dot Sergeant live in Hangzhou?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Five-Dot Sergeant that you can see in Hangzhou (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Tropical Fritillary (about 20%), Asian Comma (about 10%) and Peacock Pansy (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Five-Dot Sergeant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Five-Dot Sergeant is recorded against all the insects logged in Hangzhou (8 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.

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