Doleschallia bisaltide
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Doleschallia bisaltide, the autumn leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia. In Australia it is also known as the leafwing. The larvae are black, with two rows of dorsal white spots. Head with a pair of branched spines; rest of the segments with a dorsal and a lateral row of blue branched spines on each side. They feed on Artocarpus, Pseuderanthemum, Calycanthus, Ruellia, Girardina, Strobilanthus and Graptophyllum. The pupae are yellowish with numerous black spots; constricted in the middle; head produced into two points. There are several subspecies under Doleschallia bisaltide:
Doleschallia bisaltide andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 This subspecies closely resembles the Indian form, but differs in the oblique yellow band on the upperside of the forewing, which is broader and extends from the middle of the costal margin uninterruptedly to interspace 4, though it is preapically constricted. On the upperside of the hindwing there is an inner as well as an outer conspicuous subterminal narrow-black band. On the underside, this subspecies is as variable as the typical form, but the ground colour in many specimens (presumably... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Surakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Autumn Leaf sighting in Springbrook National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 429 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Autumn Leaf in Springbrook National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Springbrook National Park's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 45 mm in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Autumn Leaf sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Autumn Leaf sightings, Springbrook National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Autumn Leaf that you can see in Springbrook National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Brown Ringlet (about 20%), Jezebel Nymph (about 20%) and Monarch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Autumn Leaf is recorded against all the insects logged in Springbrook National Park (38 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.
