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Polygonia vaualbum
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Isle Royale National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Denali National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sapporo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polygonia vaualbum sighting in Sapporo on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th most-seen of the 44 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 April
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Polygonia vaualbum in Sapporo on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, September and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polygonia vaualbum 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 9 cities where we can rate Polygonia vaualbum sightings, Sapporo has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Edmonton (Canada, about 10%) and Toronto (Canada, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Polygonia vaualbum that you can see in Sapporo (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are European Peacock Butterfly (about 20%) and Silver-Washed Fritillary (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polygonia vaualbum is recorded against all the insects logged in Sapporo (11 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.
