Parantica melaneus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 219th most-seen of the 447 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Tiger in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–January, the lowest months.
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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Chocolate Tiger sightings, Taroko National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 20%), Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 20%) and Khao Yai National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same genus: Parantica
The closest relatives of the Chocolate Tiger that you can see in Taroko National Park (genus Parantica) are Glassy Tiger (about 10%) and Chestnut Tiger (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chocolate Tiger is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (9 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.
