Striped Blue Crow

Striped Blue Crow

Euploea mulciber

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Gunung Leuser National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

6 Verified sightings at Gunung Leuser National Park From 2019 to 2026
119 In all 9 parks
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Striped Blue Crow

Euploea mulciber, the striped blue crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Hindwing ovate. Upperside: in the male dark brown entirely glossed with brilliant blue; the following violescent white spots—a spot in apex of cell, a much curved series of five or six discal spots, a subterminal sinuous row of larger spots and an incomplete terminal series of dots. Hindwing uniform, unmarked except for a large patch of light-brown, densely set hair-like scales on the outer upper third of the wing. The female is a lighter brown, the forewing only glossed with blue on the disc; spots white, and more or less similar to those on the forewing of the male, but larger and pure white; in addition a streak in cell and another curved streak in interspace 1 showing through faintly from the underside. Hindwing: narrow white streaks in cell and in the interspaces beyond and a terminal row of slightly elongate white spots.

Underside similar to the upperside in each, but the markings broader, larger and more distinct; in the male there are besides a small white spot in apex... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~40%
2 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~40%
3 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
4 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
5 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
6 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
8 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
9 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Naha 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
2 Hanoi 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
3 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
4 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
5 Dehradun 🇮🇳 India
~10%
6 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
7 Tasikmalaya 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
8 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
9 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%
10 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Striped Blue Crow in Gunung Leuser National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Blue Crow sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 103 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Striped Blue Crow in Gunung Leuser National Park?

November

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Blue Crow in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and July–September, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Striped Blue Crow?

Between 8 and 11 am

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

Is Gunung Leuser National Park the best place to see a Striped Blue Crow?

8th of 9

Of the 9 parks where we can rate Striped Blue Crow sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 40%), Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 40%) and Namdapha National Park (India, about 40%).

Where does the Striped Blue Crow sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Striped Blue Crow is recorded against all the insects logged in Gunung Leuser National Park (6 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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