Polygonia c-aureum
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 30% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma sighting in Suzhou on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 65 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma in Suzhou on a given day, against under 5% in April, June and December–January, the lowest months.
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.
Among the best
Of the 28 cities where we can rate Asian Comma sightings, Suzhou ranks 10th at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. 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 Suzhou (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Tropical Fritillary (about 30%), Lesser Purple Emperor (about 20%) 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 Suzhou (25 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.
