Ypthima fasciata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Malayan Six-Ring sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 178th most-seen of the 323 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April, August–October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Malayan Six-Ring in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, May–July and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malayan Six-Ring sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data
Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malayan Six-Ring sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ypthima
The closest relatives of the Malayan Six-Ring that you can see in Kuala Lumpur (genus Ypthima, Ring Butterflies) are Common Four-Ring (about 20%) and Common Five-Ring (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malayan Six-Ring is recorded against all the insects logged in Kuala Lumpur (9 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.
