Phalanta alcippe
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Phalanta alcippe, the small leopard, is a butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family found in Asia. Wet-season form: Male and female. Upperside bright ochreous. Forewing with two pairs of slender black wavy bars across the cell and a similar pair at end of cell; a black broad inner-discal irregular streak extending obliquely outward beyond the cell from the costa to upper median, followed below the cell by four short narrow streaks, the two upper placed between the medians, and the two lower in the sub-median interspace, with an outer medial streak also beyond the latter; beyond is a medial discal row of black spots, the two upper of which are either lunate and confluent, or separate, the lower four rounded, the lowest being more or less diffused; between the inner-discal costal streak and the latter row of spots is a short black sinuous streak decreasing from the costa to near upper median; a submarginal sinuous line and the outer border black, enclosing a row of ochreous lunulas, of which latter the three upper are small and obsolescent, the next more or less dentate, and the lower decreasingly linear. Hindwing with two slender blackish cell-bars... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Small Leopard 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.
January–February, April and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Small Leopard in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Leopard sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Small Leopard sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Small Leopard 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 Small Leopard 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.
