Oreisplanus munionga
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Hesperilla munionga, the alpine sedge-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae feed on Carex species (including Carex appressa and Carex longebrachiata) and Scirpus polystachyus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Sedge-Skipper sighting in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 105 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Sedge-Skipper in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alpine Sedge-Skipper 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 Kosciuszko National Park, in our data
Kosciuszko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Alpine Sedge-Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alpine Sedge-Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Kosciuszko National Park (20 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.
