Byasa hedistus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Byasa hedistus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae (swallowtails) that is found in northern Vietnam and southern China. Byasa hedistus is little known, with no information available on status. it is regarded by Bernard d'Abrera as a subspecies of Byasa dasarada. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kunming | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Byasa hedistus sighting in Kunming on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 36 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.
May and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Byasa hedistus in Kunming on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Kunming's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.
Only Kunming, in our data
Kunming is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Byasa hedistus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Byasa hedistus that you can see in Kunming (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Chinese Yellow Swallowtail (about 20%), Chinese Peacock Swallowtail (about 10%) and Glassy Bluebottle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Byasa hedistus is recorded against all the insects logged in Kunming (6 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.
