Vindula arsinoe
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Vindula arsinoe, the Eastern cruiser or just the cruiser, is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. It ranges from the Maluku Islands and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Queensland. It is sexually dimorphic. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Cruiser sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Cruiser in Daintree National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Cruiser sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Eastern Cruiser sightings, Daintree National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Raja Ampat (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Eastern Cruiser that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Orange Bushbrown (about 40%), Great Eggfly (about 40%) and Brown Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Cruiser is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (73 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
