Cheritra freja
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Cheritra freja, the common imperial, is a small butterfly found in India, Indochina, Malaysia and Sri Lanka that belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies family (Lycaenidae). The subspecies of Cheritra freja are- Cheritra freja freja - Myanmar, Thailand
The hindwings consist of a tail. It is coloured from pale yellow to white on the lower side with black margins. List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae) Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Imperial sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 297 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.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Imperial in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May, August–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Imperial sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Common Imperial sightings, Kinabalu Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 40%), Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 20%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Common Imperial that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Kadazan Small Tiger (about 10%), Forest Quaker (about 10%) and Elbowed Pierrot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Imperial is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (16 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.
