Striped Blue Crow

Striped Blue Crow

Euploea mulciber

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

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

22 Verified sightings at Kaeng Krachan National Park From 2019 to 2026
119 In all 9 parks
December 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 Kaeng Krachan National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Blue Crow sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 78th most-seen of the 296 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 Kaeng Krachan National Park?

November and December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Blue Crow in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and August–September, the lowest months. Those are among Kaeng Krachan National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in September.

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 Kaeng Krachan National Park the best place to see a Striped Blue Crow?

6th of 9

Of the 9 parks where we can rate Striped Blue Crow sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 6th 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%).

Which relatives of the Striped Blue Crow live in Kaeng Krachan National Park?

Same genus: Euploea

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

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 Kaeng Krachan National Park (22 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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