Doleschallia bisaltide
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Doleschallia bisaltide, the autumn leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia. In Australia it is also known as the leafwing. The larvae are black, with two rows of dorsal white spots. Head with a pair of branched spines; rest of the segments with a dorsal and a lateral row of blue branched spines on each side. They feed on Artocarpus, Pseuderanthemum, Calycanthus, Ruellia, Girardina, Strobilanthus and Graptophyllum. The pupae are yellowish with numerous black spots; constricted in the middle; head produced into two points. There are several subspecies under Doleschallia bisaltide:
Doleschallia bisaltide andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 This subspecies closely resembles the Indian form, but differs in the oblique yellow band on the upperside of the forewing, which is broader and extends from the middle of the costal margin uninterruptedly to interspace 4, though it is preapically constricted. On the upperside of the hindwing there is an inner as well as an outer conspicuous subterminal narrow-black band. On the underside, this subspecies is as variable as the typical form, but the ground colour in many specimens (presumably... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Surakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Autumn Leaf sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 120 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 130th most-seen of the 1083 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
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Autumn Leaf in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in June and November, the lowest months. That is one of Brisbane's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 40 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Autumn Leaf sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Autumn Leaf sightings, Brisbane ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 40%), Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 30%) and Jakarta (Indonesia, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Autumn Leaf that you can see in Brisbane (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Australian Common Crow (about 40%), Common Evening Brown (about 30%) and Meadow Argus (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Autumn Leaf is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (120 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.
