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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Leopard sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 296 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.
April–May and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Small Leopard in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–October, 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.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Small Leopard sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Leopard is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (27 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.
