Limenitis lorquini
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) is a butterfly in the Nymphalinae subfamily. The butterfly is named after Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin, a French naturalist who came to California from France during the Gold Rush, and made important discoveries on the natural history of the terrain.
The Lorquin's admiral can mostly be found across the Upper Sonoran to the Canadian Zone, east to western Montana and Idaho. Known areas include southern British Columbia (including Vancouver Island, north of Emerald Lake), and Cypress Hills in southwestern Saskatchewan as well as southwestern Alberta.
The butterfly resides mostly in forest edges, mountain canyons, parks, streamsides, fencerows, orchards, and groves of cottonwood and poplar. Usually the butterflies feed on California buckeye, yerba santa, privet, bird droppings, and dung. They are extremely territorial and will attack any intruders into their habitat, including large birds.
The Lorquin's admiral has brown-black wings, each with a row of white spots across it. Its forewings have orange tips. Wingspan: 47 to 71 mm; females are generally larger than males. Larvae are usually... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lorquin's Admiral sighting in Seattle on a given day, based on 338 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 428 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lorquin's Admiral in Seattle on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. That is one of Seattle's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 190 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lorquin's Admiral 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 7 cities where we can rate Lorquin's Admiral sightings, Seattle has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Sacramento (United States, about 10%) and Vancouver (Canada, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Lorquin's Admiral that you can see in Seattle (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Painted Lady (about 10%), Red Admiral (about 10%) and Mourning Cloak (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lorquin's Admiral is recorded against all the insects logged in Seattle (338 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.
