Polygonia c-aureum
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Polygonia c-aureum, the Asian comma, is a middle-size butterfly found in Japan (from Hokkaidō to Tanegashima), Korean Peninsula, China, Taiwan, and Indochina. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma sighting in Hefei on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma in Hefei on a given day, against under 5% in March–July and November, the lowest months. That is one of Hefei's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 230 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Comma sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Among the best
Of the 28 cities where we can rate Asian Comma sightings, Hefei ranks 8th at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Changsha (China, about 30%), Gwangju (South Korea, about 30%) and Changzhou (China, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Asian Comma that you can see in Hefei (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Red Ring Skirt (about 20%) and Siren (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Comma is recorded against all the insects logged in Hefei (11 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.
