Junonia terea
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore sighting in Lake Mburo National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 12 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Soldier Commodore in Lake Mburo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, July–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Lake Mburo National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 110 mm in November.
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.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Soldier Commodore sightings, Lake Mburo National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 40%), Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 40%) and Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Soldier Commodore that you can see in Lake Mburo National Park (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Dark Blue Pansy (about 30%), Yellow Pansy (about 30%) and Golden Pansy (about 20%), 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 Lake Mburo National Park (5 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.
