Polygonia c-aureum
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma sighting in Qingdao on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 64 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma in Qingdao on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Qingdao's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 180 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.
24th of 28
Of the 28 cities where we can rate Asian Comma sightings, Qingdao ranks 24th at about 20%. 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 Qingdao (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Indian Red Admiral (about 10%), Painted Lady (about 10%) and Blue Admiral (about 10%), 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 Qingdao (15 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.
