Black-Tipped Archduke

Black-Tipped Archduke

Lexias dirtea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Khao Sok National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

11 Verified sightings at Khao Sok National Park From 2019 to 2026
81 In all 5 parks
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Black-Tipped Archduke

Lexias dirtea, the archduke, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
2 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
3 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
4 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
5 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Black-Tipped Archduke in Khao Sok National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Tipped Archduke sighting in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 104 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.

When is the best time to see a Black-Tipped Archduke in Khao Sok National Park?

November

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Tipped Archduke in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May–August and October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Black-Tipped Archduke?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Tipped Archduke sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Khao Sok National Park the best place to see a Black-Tipped Archduke?

3rd of 5

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Black-Tipped Archduke sightings, Khao Sok National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 30%) and Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).

Where does the Black-Tipped Archduke sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Black-Tipped Archduke is recorded against all the insects logged in Khao Sok National Park (11 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.

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