Ariadne ariadne
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Ariadne ariadne, the angled castor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. This butterfly is orange brown with wavy lines running across its wings. The margin is somewhat wavy and appears truncated at the apex of the forewing. The margin is wavy with a large angle present on the fifth vein interspace and at the tip of vein three. The tornus is broadly angulate. The hindwing termen is deeply scalloped. A prominent white spot appears towards the apex of the forewing. The cilia are white, alternated with brown. On the underside there is more brown.
The antennae, head, thorax and abdomen are ochraceous rufous. Males have a series of dark shining scales (androconia) on the subcostal vein, veins 6 and 7 and a patch on the underside of the forewing towards the base. Females look similar but are slightly paler and lacking the androconial scales.
A, ariadne bears resemblance to Ariadne merione, the common castor, but in the angled castor, the transverse chestnut bands are narrower and less diffuse. The margins of the common castor are less wavy. The castor plant (Ricinus communis) is the most common host and gives the butterfly its name. Other hosts... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Taichung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Tainan | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 10 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Angled Castor sighting in Tainan on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 97 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.
February and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Angled Castor in Tainan on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–June and August–September, the lowest months. Those are among Tainan's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 440 mm in August.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Angled Castor sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Angled Castor sightings, Tainan ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Salem (India, about 40%), Kozhikode (India, about 20%) and Ponnani (India, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Angled Castor that you can see in Tainan (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 20%), Common Leopard (about 10%) and Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Angled Castor is recorded against all the insects logged in Tainan (10 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.
