Parantica aspasia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Parantica aspasia, the yellow glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. In Singapore it is probably extinct. These butterflies mainly inhabit forested areas.
Parantica aspasia has a wingspan of about 60–75 mm (2.4–3.0 in). These butterflies have bluish grey wings, with a bright yellow and rather large basal patch and black markings. Adults can be found... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Glassy Tiger sighting in Bandung on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 108th most-seen of the 156 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Glassy Tiger in Bandung on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Glassy Tiger sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Yellow Glassy Tiger sightings, Bandung ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Glassy Tiger that you can see in Bandung (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 20%), Chocolate Pansy (about 20%) and Autumn Leaf (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Glassy Tiger is recorded against all the insects logged in Bandung (7 verified sightings), 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.
