Neptis miah
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Neptis miah, the small yellow sailer, is a nymphalid butterfly found in India, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma) and Malaysia eastward to western China, Hainan and Guangdong. Seven subspecies have been identified. The Guangdong subspecies belongs to N. miah disopa Swinhoe and the Hainan subspecies is considered as N. miah nolana Druce.
The whole Neptini tribe is a difficult group and many species are alike. In fact, there may be a few unrecorded species flying in Hong Kong, which may be mistaken as the common N. hordonia or other brownish Neptis, like N. clinia Moore. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Small Yellow Sailer sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 71 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Small Yellow Sailer in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July. June to August have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Yellow Sailer sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Namdapha National Park, in our data
Namdapha National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Small Yellow Sailer sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Small Yellow Sailer that you can see in Namdapha National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Large Yeoman (about 60%), Indian Purple Emperor (about 60%) and Popinjay (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Yellow Sailer is recorded against all the insects logged in Namdapha National Park (5 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.
