What are the chances of seeing a Phauda triadum in Nanjing?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Phauda triadum sighting in Nanjing on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 150th most-seen of the 272 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 Phauda triadum in Nanjing?
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Phauda triadum in Nanjing on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, July–September and December, the lowest months. That is one of Nanjing's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 240 mm in July.
Where else can you see a Phauda triadum?
Only Nanjing, in our data
Nanjing is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Phauda triadum sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Phauda triadum live in Nanjing?
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Phauda triadum that you can see in Nanjing (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Common Bluebottle (about 30%), Pieris latouchei (about 30%) and Chinese Yellow Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Phauda triadum sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Phauda triadum is recorded against all the insects logged in Nanjing (12 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.