Faunis canens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Faunis canens, the common faun, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies. This species may include the Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus. The common faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar and through Thailand, peninsular Malaya, Singapore to southern Yunnan and the western islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The larva feeds on Musa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Faun sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 194th most-seen of the 296 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Faun in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and July–September, the lowest months. That is one of Kaeng Krachan National Park's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Faun 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 parks where we can rate Common Faun sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Faun that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Marbled Map (about 30%), Dark Blue Tiger (about 30%) and Rustic (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Faun is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (7 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.
