Acropteris ciniferaria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Acropteris ciniferaria is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, to Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Acropteris ciniferaria sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 219th most-seen of the 296 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Acropteris ciniferaria in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, July and September–December, the lowest months. That is one of Kaeng Krachan National Park's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Acropteris ciniferaria sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Acropteris ciniferaria sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Uraniidae
The closest relatives of the Acropteris ciniferaria that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (family Uraniidae, Swallowtail Moths) are Grey Swallowtail Moth (about 10%) and Tropical Swallowtail Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Acropteris ciniferaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (6 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.
