Phaedyma shepherdi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Phaedyma shepherdi, the white-banded plane, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Aeroplane sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 106 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 137th 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.
October to June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Aeroplane in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in July to September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Aeroplane sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Aeroplane sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Aeroplane 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 Common Aeroplane is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (106 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.
