Xanthotaenia busiris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Xanthotaenia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its single species is Xanthotaenia busiris, the yellow-banded nymph. They can be identified by a yellow strip along their forewings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Barred sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 139th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Barred in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May and October, the lowest months. Those are among Kaeng Krachan National Park's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Barred sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Yellow Barred sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 30%), Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Barred that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Marbled Map (about 30%), Dark Blue Tiger (about 30%) and Rustic (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Barred is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (10 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.
