Euploea eunice
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Euploea eunice, commonly called the blue-banded king crow, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the Danaid group (the crows and tigers) of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. The larva feeds on Ficus, Flacourtia rukam, and Streblus asper. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 298th most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly sightings, Taipei ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Jakarta (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same genus: Euploea
The closest relatives of the Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly that you can see in Taipei (genus Euploea, Crow Butterflies) are Purple Crow Butterfly (about 20%), Striped Blue Crow (about 10%) and Double-Branded Crow Butterfly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Taipei (28 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.
