Punchinello

Punchinello

Zemeros flegyas

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Cuc Phuong National Park

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

29 Verified sightings at Cuc Phuong National Park From 2019 to 2026
192 In all 8 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Punchinello

Male upperside is vinaceous (colour of red wine) brown, the veins ochraceous brown. Forewings and hindwings crossed by four series of minute white... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
2 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~40%
3 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~40%
4 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
5 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~40%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
8 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~30%
3 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
~20%
4 Nanning 🇨🇳 China
~20%
5 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
6 Fuzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
7 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
8 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
9 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Punchinello in Cuc Phuong National Park?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Punchinello sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 126 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Punchinello in Cuc Phuong National Park?

June

In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Punchinello in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Punchinello?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

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

Which relatives of the Punchinello live in Cuc Phuong National Park?

Same order: Lepidoptera

The closest relatives of the Punchinello that you can see in Cuc Phuong National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Little Mapwing (about 50%), Himalayan Jester (about 50%) and Marbled Map (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Punchinello sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Punchinello is recorded against all the insects logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (29 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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