Junonia terea
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Junonia terea, the soldier pansy or soldier commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 52–60 mm in females.
The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica, Phaulopsis imbricata, and Ruellia patula. Junonia terea terea (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya) Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 25 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore in Kigali on a given day, against about 10% in May and October, the lowest months. Those are among Kigali's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 180 mm in April.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Soldier Commodore sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Soldier Commodore sightings, Kigali has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Lilongwe (Malawi, about 40%) and Nairobi (Kenya, about 30%).
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Soldier Commodore that you can see in Kigali (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Dark Blue Pansy (about 40%) and Little Pansy (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Soldier Commodore is recorded against all the insects logged in Kigali (42 verified sightings), 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.
