Amathusia phidippus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Amathusia phidippus, the palmking, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Satyrinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies. Male: Males are typically distinguished by their umber brown undersides. Forewing with the costal margin narrowly fulvous (reddish brown) near apex, crossing towards the termen, forming an obscure preapical band joining a subterminal lunular band of the same colour. Hindwing uniform, with a subterminal band as in the forewing but not lunular, straight. Undersides are commonly pale brown, with the following transverse pale lilac-white bands crossing both forewing and hindwing: basal, subbasal, discal, postdiscal, broad subterminal and terminal; the subbasal and discal of equal width, meeting above the tornal angle in V-shape, the space between the two bands with, on the forewing, two shorter similar bands crossing the cell, on the hindwing a single similar band from costa to median vein; subterminal band on hindwing bent upwards above tornal area and continued halfway up the dorsal margin, the broadly-produced tornus with a dark brown spot; finally a large ochraceous ocellus in interspace 2, and a smaller similar... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Palm King sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 99th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February to April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Palm King in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–September and November–December, the lowest months. Those are among Jakarta's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain a month against 55 mm in August.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Palm King sightings, Jakarta has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Denpasar (Indonesia, about 10%) and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Palm King that you can see in Jakarta (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 50%), Brown Pansy (about 40%) and Blue Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Palm King is recorded against all the insects logged in Jakarta (14 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.
