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.
No species of the same family or order lives in Zhengzhou, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma sighting in Zhengzhou on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Comma in Zhengzhou on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month. That is one of Zhengzhou's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 150 mm in July.
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, Zhengzhou ranks 6th 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%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Comma is recorded against all the insects logged in Zhengzhou (7 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.
