Kadazan Small Tiger

Kadazan Small Tiger

Dodona elvira

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kinabalu Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

8 Verified sightings at Kinabalu Park From 2019 to 2026
8 In 1 park
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Kadazan Small Tiger in Kinabalu Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kadazan Small Tiger sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 297 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Kadazan Small Tiger in Kinabalu Park?

January and July–August

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Kadazan Small Tiger in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May and September–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Kadazan Small Tiger?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kadazan Small Tiger sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Kadazan Small Tiger?

Only Kinabalu Park, in our data

Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Kadazan Small Tiger sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Kadazan Small Tiger live in Kinabalu Park?

Same family: Lycaenidae

The closest relatives of the Kadazan Small Tiger that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Common Imperial (about 20%), Forest Quaker (about 10%) and Elbowed Pierrot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Kadazan Small Tiger sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Kadazan Small Tiger is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (8 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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