Cyrestis cocles
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Cyrestis cocles, the marbled map, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in parts of Asia. In the wet-season form both the males and females have a broad transverse median white band on the forewings and hindwings. The outer margin of the band is straight while the inner is highly sinuous. The basal and terminal portions of the wings on the inner side of the white band up to the base and on the outer side to the termen more or less greyish brown, traversed by slender sinuous black lines and broader ochraceous-brown lines, the black lines outwardly very narrowly margined with white; the sub-terminal slender black line on both fore and hindwing very conspicuous, and within it a transverse postdiscal series of obscure dusky-centred greyish irregular ocelli; the termen narrowly greyish; cilia white. Underside pearly white with a faint pinkish or pale lilac tinge, the markings of the upperside more or less faintly seen through by transparency; the transverse postdiscal line of greyish ocelli the most prominent, often centred with black. Antenna: dull brown, head, thorax and abdomen pale greyish brown, the latter two with white lateral longitudinal bands; beneath white... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Map sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Map in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marbled 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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Marbled Map sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 50%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 30%).
Same genus: Cyrestis
The closest relatives of the Marbled Map that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (genus Cyrestis, map butterflies) are Straight-Line Mapwing (about 10%) and Common Mapwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marbled Map is recorded against all the insects logged in Cat Tien National Park (29 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.
