Papilio bianor
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Hong Kong on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 234th most-seen of the 1125 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, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chinese Peacock Swallowtail in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in August, October and December–February, the lowest months.
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.
16th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Chinese Peacock Swallowtail sightings, Hong Kong ranks 16th 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 Hong Kong (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 30%), Great Mormon Swallowtail (about 20%) and Paris Peacock Swallowtail (about 20%), 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 Hong Kong (47 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.
