Junonia almana
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Junonia almana, the peacock pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Cambodia and South Asia. It exists in two distinct adult forms, which differ chiefly in the patterns on the underside of the wings; the dry-season form has few markings, while the wet-season form has additional eyespots and lines. It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.
The adult butterfly has a wingspan of 54–62 mm (2.1–2.4 in), and exhibits seasonal polyphenism. "Upperside rich orange-yellow. Fore wing with a pale dusky and a much darker short transverse bar with lateral jet-black marginal lines across cell, another somewhat similar bar defining the discocellulars; costal margin, an inner and an outer subterminal line, and a terminal line dusky black; a large minutely white-centred ocellus with an inner slender and outer black ring on disc in interspace 2; two similar but smaller geminate subapical ocelli with an obscure pale spot above them and a short oblique bar connecting them to the black on the costa. Hind wing: a small minutely white-centred and very slenderly black-ringed discal ocellus in interspace 2, with a very much larger pale yellow and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 7 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Yangon | 🇲🇲 Myanmar |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peacock Pansy sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 115 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 65th 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.
June to September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Peacock Pansy in Kochi on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month. Those are among Kochi's wettest months, with about 390 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peacock Pansy sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
35th of 55
Of the 55 cities where we can rate Peacock Pansy sightings, Kochi ranks 35th at about 10%. The best odds are in Prayagraj (India, about 50%), Raipur (India, about 40%) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 40%).
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Peacock Pansy that you can see in Kochi (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Grey Pansy (about 30%), Chocolate Pansy (about 20%) and Lemon Pansy (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peacock Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (115 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.
