Euchrysops cnejus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Euchrysops cnejus, the gram blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It is found from India to Australia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. Male upperside: pale purplish suffused with a bluish shade, apparent only in certain lights. Forewing: a slender black anteciliary line edged on the inner side narrowly with fuscous dark brown, broader at apex than at the tornal angle. Hindwing: a subterminal black spot in interspace 1 and another similar spot in interspace 2, the two spots subequal in size, edged on the outer side by a white thread and on the inner side with ochraceous, more prominent in the spot in interspace 2; a slender anteciliary black line with an inner narrow margin of diffuse fuscous brown. Cilia of both forewings and hindwings pale; tail at apex of vein 2 of the hindwing black tipped with white.
Underside: silver grey, in some with a pale yellowish, in others with a faint brown tint. Forewings and hindwings: each with the following brown spots edged slenderly on either side with white: a transverse elongate spot on the discocellulars; a transverse discal series of spots straight on... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 9 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gram Blue sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 106 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Gram Blue in Kanha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August–September and November–March, the lowest months. That is one of Kanha National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 430 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gram Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Gram Blue sightings, Kanha National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Lamington National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Gram Blue that you can see in Kanha National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Common Pierrot (about 20%), Large Oakblue (about 20%) and Lesser Grass Blue (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gram Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Kanha National Park (7 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.
