Parnassius stubbendorfii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Parnassius stubbendorfi is a high-altitude butterfly found in from the Altai Mountains across central, south, and far east Siberia (Tuva, Buryat, Chita, Amur, Khabarovsk and Primorye), Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands and from Mongolia across north China (Heilungkiang, Kansu, Szechwan and Tsinghai) to west Korea and Japan (Hokkaido). It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).
Dull white, the veins being black, forewing narrowly grey at the costal edge, rather more broadly transparent - grey at the apex and distal margin; near the apex a more or less distinct dark grey shadow - transverse band; two grey spots in the cell, which are sometimes absent. Hindwing almost without pattern, only the abdominal border being somewhat dusted with black; on the underside sometimes some yellow hairs at the abdominal margin. Pouch of female sphragis whitish, similar to that of mnemosyne. Antenna, legs and fringes of wings black. There occur singly specimens of the female sex which are, as in the previous species, darkened all over, being grey or blackish: ab. melanophia Honr. The markings of this aberration are indistinct or absent... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Stubbendorf's Apollo sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 460th most-seen of the 525 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stubbendorf's Apollo in Seoul on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.
Only Seoul, in our data
Seoul is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Stubbendorf's Apollo sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Stubbendorf's Apollo that you can see in Seoul (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Chinese Yellow Swallowtail (about 10%), Japanese Peacock Swallowtail (about 10%) and Long-Tail Spangle Swallowtail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stubbendorf's Apollo is recorded against all the insects logged in Seoul (5 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.
