Parantica melaneus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Parantica melaneus (known colloquially as the chocolate tiger), is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Tiger sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 296 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Tiger in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and October, the lowest months. Those are among Kaeng Krachan National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in September.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chocolate Tiger sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Chocolate Tiger sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chocolate Tiger is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (41 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.
