Staff Sergeant

Staff Sergeant

Parathyma selenophora

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Kanha National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

6 Verified sightings at Kanha National Park From 2019 to 2026
86 In all 7 parks
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
3 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
4 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
5 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
6 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
7 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
2 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~10%
3 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
~10%
4 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Staff Sergeant in Kanha National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Staff Sergeant sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 6 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.

When is the best time to see a Staff Sergeant in Kanha National Park?

May and September–October

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Staff Sergeant in Kanha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June–August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Staff Sergeant?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Staff Sergeant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Staff Sergeant live in Kanha National Park?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Staff Sergeant that you can see in Kanha National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Common Evening Brown (about 40%), Baronet (about 40%) and Common Crow (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Staff Sergeant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Staff Sergeant is recorded against all the insects logged in Kanha 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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