Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly

Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly

Euploea algea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kaeng Krachan National Park

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

5 Verified sightings at Kaeng Krachan National Park From 2019 to 2026
5 In 1 park
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly

Euploea algea, the long branded 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. This is a large light brown butterfly with a wingspan of 60 to 70 mm depending on the subspecies, presents an upperside with forewings (dependent on the subspecies) with small metallic blue to completely metallic blue spots.The reverse is light brown dotted with small white dots in different numbers depending on the subspecies.

The larva is brown with white and black stripes on the dorsum. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly in Kaeng Krachan National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 249th most-seen of the 296 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 Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly in Kaeng Krachan National Park?

January and April–May

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and June–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly?

Between 5 and 8 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly?

Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data

Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly live in Kaeng Krachan National Park?

Same genus: Euploea

The closest relatives of the Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (genus Euploea, Crow Butterflies) are Striped Blue Crow (about 10%), Magpie Crow Butterfly (about 10%) and Common Crow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Long-Branded Blue Crow Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (5 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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