Kaniska canace
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Kaniska canace, the blue admiral, is a nymphalid butterfly, the only species of the genus Kaniska. It is found in south and southeast Asia. The upperside of forewings and hindwings is black, while the underside is black and brown. Also the body is completely black. Forewings have a blue band at the wavy outer edge, a blue or white spot at the wing... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Admiral sighting in Taichung on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 155th most-seen of the 197 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–July and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Admiral in Taichung on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue 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.
20th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Blue Admiral sightings, Taichung ranks 20th at about 10%. The best odds are in Nanjing (China, about 20%), Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Naha (Japan, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Blue Admiral that you can see in Taichung (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 20%), Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 20%) and Common Palmfly (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue Admiral is recorded against all the insects logged in Taichung (6 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.
