Faunis canens
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Faunis canens, the common faun, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies. This species may include the Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus. The common faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar and through Thailand, peninsular Malaya, Singapore to southern Yunnan and the western islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The larva feeds on Musa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Faun sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Faun in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in September to November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Faun sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Common Faun sightings, Jakarta has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Singapore (Singapore, about 10%) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Faun that you can see in Jakarta (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 50%), Brown Pansy (about 40%) and Blue Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Faun is recorded against all the insects logged in Jakarta (17 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.
