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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Restricted Purple Sapphire sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 272nd most-seen of the 447 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, June–July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Restricted Purple Sapphire in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, August–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Restricted Purple Sapphire sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Restricted Purple Sapphire sightings, Taroko National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Restricted Purple Sapphire that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Burmese Bushblue (about 20%), Common Line Blue (about 20%) and Celastrina oreas (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Restricted Purple Sapphire is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko 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.
