Hypocysta irius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Hypocysta irius, the northern ringlet or orange-streaked ringlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia, including Queensland and New South Wales. The wingspan is about 30 mm. 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 an Orange-Streaked Ringlet sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 745th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Streaked Ringlet in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to August, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Streaked Ringlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange-Streaked Ringlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Orange-Streaked Ringlet that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Orange Bushbrown (about 40%), Great Eggfly (about 40%) and Eastern Cruiser (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Streaked Ringlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (5 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.
