Cepora nerissa
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Cepora nerissa, the common gull, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is native to Sri Lanka, India, China, southeast Asia, and Indonesia. Male upperside: white, a greyish-blue shade at base of the wings and along the veins, due to the dark markings on the underside that show through. Forewing: veins black; apex and termen black, the inner margin of that colour extended in an irregular curve from middle of costa to base of terminal third of vein 4, thence continued obliquely outwards to the tornal angle; interspaces 6 and 9 with short narrow greyish-white streaks of the ground colour that stretch into the black apical area but do not reach the margin; a short black subterminal bar between veins 3 and 4 and another, less clearly defined, between veins 1 and 2. Hindwing: veins 4 to 7 with outwardly dilated broad black edgings that coalesce sometimes and form an anterior, irregular, black, terminal margin to the wing. Underside, forewing: white, the veins broadly margined on both sides by dusky black; costal margin broadly and apex suffused with yellow; subterminal black bars between... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Gull (butterfly) sighting in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 23 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and December
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Gull (butterfly) in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April, July–August and October, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Gull (butterfly) sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Common Gull (butterfly) sightings, Keoladeo National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Common Gull (butterfly) that you can see in Keoladeo National Park (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Yellow Orange Tip (about 40%), White Orange Tip (about 40%) and Blue-Spotted Arab (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Gull (butterfly) is recorded against all the insects logged in Keoladeo National Park (53 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.
