Wavy Maplet

Wavy Maplet

Chersonesia rahria

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

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

About the Wavy Maplet

Chersonesia rahria is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Cyrestinae). It is found from Manipur and Naga Hills to Burma then from Borneo to Celebes. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
2 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Wavy Maplet in Kinabalu Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wavy Maplet sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 246th most-seen of the 297 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Wavy Maplet in Kinabalu Park?

January and October

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wavy Maplet in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, July, September and November–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Wavy Maplet?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wavy Maplet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Wavy Maplet?

Only Kinabalu Park, in our data

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

Which relatives of the Wavy Maplet live in Kinabalu Park?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Wavy Maplet 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.

Where does the Wavy Maplet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Wavy Maplet is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (6 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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