Large Crow Butterfly

Large Crow Butterfly

Euploea phaenareta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Singapore

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

70 Verified sightings at Singapore
7 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Large Crow Butterfly

Euploea phaenareta, the giant crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Gottlieb Schaller in 1785. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. E. p. phaenareta (Ambon, Serang) Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
2 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
3 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Large Crow Butterfly in Singapore?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Crow Butterfly sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 288th most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Large Crow Butterfly in Singapore?

May and October–February

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Crow Butterfly in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–September, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Large Crow Butterfly?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Crow Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Singapore the best place to see a Large Crow Butterfly?

Among the best

Of the 3 cities where we can rate Large Crow Butterfly sightings, Singapore ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Jakarta (Indonesia, about 10%) and Bandung (Indonesia, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Large Crow Butterfly live in Singapore?

Same genus: Euploea

The closest relatives of the Large Crow Butterfly that you can see in Singapore (genus Euploea, Crow Butterflies) are Striped Blue Crow (about 10%) and Blue-Spotted Crow Butterfly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Large Crow Butterfly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Large Crow Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (70 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.

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