Parantica aspasia
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Parantica aspasia, the yellow glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. In Singapore it is probably extinct. These butterflies mainly inhabit forested areas.
Parantica aspasia has a wingspan of about 60–75 mm (2.4–3.0 in). These butterflies have bluish grey wings, with a bright yellow and rather large basal patch and black markings. Adults can be found... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Glassy Tiger 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 56th 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.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Glassy Tiger in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May–June and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Glassy Tiger sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Yellow Glassy Tiger sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 20%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Glassy Tiger 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 Yellow Glassy Tiger 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.
