Hebomoia glaucippe
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Hebomoia glaucippe, the great orange-tip, is a butterfly belonging to the family Pieridae, that is the yellows and whites. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea. This species is found in much of south and southeast Asia, as well as in southern China and southern Japan. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Orange Tip 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.
March and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Orange Tip in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April, August–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Orange Tip sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Great Orange Tip sightings, Taroko National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 40%), Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 30%) and Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 20%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Great Orange Tip that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Indian Cabbage White (about 20%), Chocolate Albatross (about 10%) and Aporia moltrecti (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Orange Tip 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.
