Europlema desistaria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Europlema desistaria is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Flores and Queensland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Europlema desistaria sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 567th most-seen of the 856 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Europlema desistaria in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Europlema desistaria sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Europlema desistaria sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Uraniidae
The closest relatives of the Europlema desistaria that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Uraniidae, Swallowtail Moths) are Epiplema thiocosma (about 10%), Chundana lugubris (about 10%) and North Queensland Day Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Europlema desistaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (7 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.
