Cyrestis nivea
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Cyrestis nivea, the straight-line map-wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forest at elevations between sea level and about 500 metres. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-Line Mapwing sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 78th most-seen of the 125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-Line Mapwing in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and July–September, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Straight-Line Mapwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Straight-Line Mapwing sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same genus: Cyrestis
The closest relatives of the Straight-Line Mapwing that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (genus Cyrestis, map butterflies) are Marbled Map (about 30%) 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 Straight-Line Mapwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Cat Tien 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.
