Junonia terea
In 3 days ~80% 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 40% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore sighting in Lilongwe on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore in Lilongwe on a given day, against about 10% in July–August and October–January, the lowest months. That is one of Lilongwe's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against almost none in June.
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.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Soldier Commodore sightings, Lilongwe ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Kigali (Rwanda, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Soldier Commodore is recorded against all the insects logged in Lilongwe (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.
