Cirrochroa satellita
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Cirrochroa satellita is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly. Under surface a lovely bright yellow growing darker towards the margin. Both wings are traversed by a broad white band which is bordered on either side with red, turning straw-coloured toward the costa in the forewings. The hindwings contain also a row of black spots, as is usual in Cirrochroa, but less complete. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Satellite Yeoman sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 87 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.
March, June and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Satellite Yeoman in Sepilok on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–August and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Satellite Yeoman 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 Sepilok, in our data
Sepilok is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Satellite Yeoman sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Satellite Yeoman that you can see in Sepilok (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Clipper (about 40%), Brown Pansy (about 30%) and Great Eggfly (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Satellite Yeoman is recorded against all the insects logged in Sepilok (11 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.
