Xanthotaenia busiris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Xanthotaenia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its single species is Xanthotaenia busiris, the yellow-banded nymph. They can be identified by a yellow strip along their forewings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Barred sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 95th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Barred in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Barred sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Yellow Barred sightings, Kinabalu Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 30%), Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Barred 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 Yellow Barred is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (12 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.
