Araschnia burejana
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Araschnia burejana, the large map, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tibet, China, the Amur and Ussuri regions of Russia, Korea and Japan. It occurs in mixed forest up to 1,300 meters. Adults are on wing from May to June and from July to August in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Urtica species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Large Map sighting in Nikko National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 86 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Large Map in Nikko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Map sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nikko National Park, in our data
Nikko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Large Map sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Large Map that you can see in Nikko National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Mourning Cloak (about 30%), Diana Treebrown (about 30%) and Tropical Fritillary (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Map is recorded against all the insects logged in Nikko 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.
