Black-Tipped Archduke

Black-Tipped Archduke

Lexias dirtea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Gunung Leuser National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

9 Verified sightings at Gunung Leuser National Park From 2019 to 2026
81 In all 5 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Black-Tipped Archduke

Lexias dirtea, the archduke, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
2 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
3 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
4 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
5 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Black-Tipped Archduke in Gunung Leuser National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Tipped Archduke sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 103 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Black-Tipped Archduke in Gunung Leuser National Park?

April, June and November

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Tipped Archduke in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, July and September–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Black-Tipped Archduke?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Tipped Archduke sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Gunung Leuser National Park the best place to see a Black-Tipped Archduke?

2nd of 5

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Black-Tipped Archduke sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 30%).

Where does the Black-Tipped Archduke sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Black-Tipped Archduke is recorded against all the insects logged in Gunung Leuser National Park (9 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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