Lexias pardalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Lexias pardalis, the common archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Lexias pardalis prefer paths, clearings and edges of primary forests and they are easily sighted in sunny areas standing on the forest floor. Lexias pardalis has a wingspan reaching about... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Zhuhai [Macau] | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Archduke sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Archduke in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–May and July–October, the lowest months. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 490 mm in July.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Archduke sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Common Archduke sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 30%), Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, about 30%) and Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Archduke that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Yellow Pansy (about 40%), Clipper (about 30%) and Grey Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Archduke is recorded against all the insects logged in Cat Tien 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.
