Cheritra freja
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cheritra freja, the common imperial, is a small butterfly found in India, Indochina, Malaysia and Sri Lanka that belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies family (Lycaenidae). The subspecies of Cheritra freja are- Cheritra freja freja - Myanmar, Thailand
The hindwings consist of a tail. It is coloured from pale yellow to white on the lower side with black margins. List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae) Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Imperial sighting in Kozhikode on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 138 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Imperial in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May and July–November, the lowest months. Those are among Kozhikode's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 390 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Imperial sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Common Imperial sightings, Kozhikode ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Common Imperial that you can see in Kozhikode (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Common Pierrot (about 30%), Common Cerulean (about 30%) and Monkey Puzzle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Imperial is recorded against all the insects logged in Kozhikode (6 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.
