Vanessa indica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Vanessa indica, called the Indian red admiral or the Asian admiral in the United States, is a butterfly found in the higher altitude regions of India, primarily the Himalayas and the Nilgiri Hills. It is also found in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, China, Korea, SE Russia, Japan. It is a close relative of the painted lady.
It also differs as follows: underside forewing: the ochraceous orange-red on disc, and across cell proportionately of less extent, and uniform, not getting paler towards the apex of the cell; the upper four spots of the preapical transverse series on the black apical area minute. It is about 5 inches (13 cm) in length. Hindwing: the postdiscal transverse band much narrower and shorter, not extending below vein 1, margined inwardly by a series of broad black subcrescentic... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 3 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Red Admiral sighting in Shanghai on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th most-seen of the 215 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Red Admiral in Shanghai on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Red 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.
11th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Indian Red Admiral sightings, Shanghai ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Changzhou (China, about 30%), Kathmandu (Nepal, about 30%) and Dehradun (India, about 20%).
Same genus: Vanessa
The closest relatives of the Indian Red Admiral that you can see in Shanghai (genus Vanessa, Ladies and Related Admirals) are Blue Admiral (about 10%) and Painted Lady (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Red Admiral is recorded against all the insects logged in Shanghai (33 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.
