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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Tiger sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 221 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.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Tiger in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July–August and October, the lowest months. That is one of Khao Yai National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 330 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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Chocolate Tiger sightings, Khao Yai National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 20%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chocolate Tiger is recorded against all the insects logged in Khao Yai National Park (16 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.
