Scaptesyle mirabilis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Scaptesyle mirabilis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found on Borneo. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scaptesyle mirabilis sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 297 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.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Scaptesyle mirabilis in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scaptesyle mirabilis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Scaptesyle mirabilis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Scaptesyle mirabilis that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Asota kinabaluensis (about 20%), Asota heliconia (about 20%) and Lobobasis niveimaculata (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scaptesyle mirabilis is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (16 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.
