Thauria aliris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Thauria aliris, the tufted jungleking, is a butterfly found in South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tufted Jungle King sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 7 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.
January, April and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tufted Jungle King in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tufted Jungle King 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 2 parks where we can rate Tufted Jungle King sightings, Kinabalu Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Tufted Jungle King 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 Tufted Jungle King is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (7 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.
