Cirrochroa emalea
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Cirrochroa emalea, the Malay yeoman, is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1843. Very similar to Cirrochroa tyche but more rusty orange, a distinct constricted silvery band on the underside hindwing with a larger spot, and broader black markings, while tyche is tawny orange with a narrower, more uniform silvery band and smaller hindwing spots. Identication requires close examination of subjective? detail. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Malay Yeoman sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 102 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Malay Yeoman in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malay Yeoman 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 Danum Valley Conservation Area, in our data
Danum Valley Conservation Area is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malay Yeoman sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Malay Yeoman that you can see in Danum Valley Conservation Area (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Clipper (about 50%), Striped Ringlet (about 30%) and Common Tree Nymph (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malay Yeoman is recorded against all the insects logged in Danum Valley Conservation Area (10 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.
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