Faunis kirata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Faunis kirata, the broad striped faun, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891. It is found in Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo in the Indomalayan realm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad Striped Faun sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 103 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Broad Striped Faun in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and August–November, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Broad Striped Faun sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Gunung Leuser National Park, in our data
Gunung Leuser National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Broad Striped Faun sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Broad Striped Faun that you can see in Gunung Leuser National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Great Eggfly (about 40%), Chocolate Pansy (about 30%) and Blue Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Broad Striped Faun is recorded against all the insects logged in Gunung Leuser 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.
