Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly

Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly

Euploea eunice

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Cuc Phuong National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

9 Verified sightings at Cuc Phuong National Park From 2019 to 2026
9 In 1 park
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly

Euploea eunice, commonly called the blue-banded king crow, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the Danaid group (the crows and tigers) of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. The larva feeds on Ficus, Flacourtia rukam, and Streblus asper. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
2 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly in Cuc Phuong National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 95th most-seen of the 126 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly in Cuc Phuong National Park?

June

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly?

Only Cuc Phuong National Park, in our data

Cuc Phuong National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly live in Cuc Phuong National Park?

Same genus: Euploea

The closest relatives of the Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly that you can see in Cuc Phuong National Park (genus Euploea, Crow Butterflies) are Striped Blue Crow (about 40%) and Purple Crow Butterfly (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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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