Ypthima pandocus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Three-Ring sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 297 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Three-Ring in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Three-Ring sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Common Three-Ring sightings, Kinabalu Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Three-Ring that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Mycalesis marginata (about 30%), Brown Pansy (about 30%) and Black-Tipped Archduke (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Three-Ring is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (24 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.
