Junonia terea
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Junonia terea, the soldier pansy or soldier commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 52–60 mm in females.
The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica, Phaulopsis imbricata, and Ruellia patula. Junonia terea terea (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya) Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 41 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Soldier Commodore sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Soldier Commodore sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Soldier Commodore that you can see in Kibale National Park (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Aurivillius’ Brown Pansy (about 40%), Little Pansy (about 40%) and Dark Blue Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Soldier Commodore is recorded against all the insects logged in Kibale 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.
