Cyrestis maenalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cyrestis maenalis, the common mapwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia. Cyrestis maenalis martini Hartert, 1902 (Peninsular Malaya) Cyrestis maenalis maenalis (northern Philippines)
Cyrestis maenalis zamboangensis Jumalon, 1975 (Philippines: western Mindanao) Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Mapwing sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 91st most-seen of the 122 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.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Mapwing in Manila on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June, August, October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Manila's driest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 390 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Mapwing 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 Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Mapwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Mapwing that you can see in Manila (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 40%), Brown Pansy (about 40%) and Philippine Five-Ring (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Mapwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Manila (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.
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