Moduza procris
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Moduza procris, the commander, sometimes included in the genus Limenitis, is a medium-sized, strikingly coloured brush-footed butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is notable for the mode of concealment employed by its caterpillar and the cryptic camouflage of its pupa.
The commander has a wingspan of about 6 to 7.5 cm (2.4 to 3.0 in). The upperside of its wings are a bright reddish brown. Towards the centre of the wing are broad white spots. In flight, one can see a bright red brown butterfly with a white band forming a V shape. There are also a few white spots scattered on the wings. Its hindwings have crenulated margins. The undersides of the wings are a whitish grey toward the base and have a row of dull reddish brown and a row of black spots along the margins. The male and female are similar in appearance.
Male and female. Upper side, ground colour rich ferruginous-red, the basal area slightly tinged with olivescent yellowish-ferruginous. Cilia alternately black and white. Forewing with three black slender bars crossing the cell, and three similar bars below the cell between the basal interspaces of the middle and lower medians; beyond the cell... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Commander sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 103 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 62nd most-seen of the 428 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.
July to November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Commander in Kochi on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month. Those are among Kochi's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Commander sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Commander sightings, Kochi ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 30%), Mumbai (India, about 20%) and Kalyan-Dombivli (India, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Commander that you can see in Kochi (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Common Crow (about 30%), Grey Pansy (about 30%) and Common Evening Brown (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Commander is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (103 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.
