Great Orange Tip

Great Orange Tip

Hebomoia glaucippe

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Cuc Phuong National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

17 Verified sightings at Cuc Phuong National Park From 2019 to 2026
115 In all 7 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Great Orange Tip

Hebomoia glaucippe, the great orange-tip, is a butterfly belonging to the family Pieridae, that is the yellows and whites. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea. This species is found in much of south and southeast Asia, as well as in southern China and southern Japan. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
2 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
3 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
4 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
5 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
6 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
7 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yangon 🇲🇲 Myanmar
~20%
2 Mumbai 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~20%
4 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
~10%
5 Bengaluru 🇮🇳 India
~10%
6 Salem 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Mysuru 🇮🇳 India
~10%
8 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
9 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~10%
10 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Great Orange Tip in Cuc Phuong National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Great Orange Tip sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 126 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Great Orange Tip in Cuc Phuong National Park?

May and June

In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Great Orange Tip in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, August and October–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Great Orange Tip?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Orange Tip sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Cuc Phuong National Park the best place to see a Great Orange Tip?

2nd of 7

Of the 7 parks where we can rate Great Orange Tip sightings, Cuc Phuong National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 40%).

Which relatives of the Great Orange Tip live in Cuc Phuong National Park?

Same family: Pieridae

The closest relatives of the Great Orange Tip that you can see in Cuc Phuong National Park (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are White Albatross (about 50%), Common Gull (butterfly) (about 50%) and Lemon Migrant (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Great Orange Tip sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Great Orange Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (17 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.

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