Lexias aeropa
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Lexias aeropa, the orange-banded plane, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia and Australia. Females have a wingspan of about 85 mm, making them larger than males with a wingspan of about 6 mm. The adults are dark brown with a broad orange band across each wing. The underside is similar, but paler and rather mottled.
The larvae feed on Calophyllum species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Banded Plane sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 46 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.
October and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Banded Plane in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in April and September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Banded Plane sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange-Banded Plane sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Orange-Banded Plane that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Swamp Tiger Butterfly (about 30%), Godart's Map Butterfly (about 30%) and Durvillei's Tree Nymph (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Banded Plane is recorded against all the insects logged in Raja Ampat (31 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.
