Cheritra freja
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Imperial sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 71 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.
May and December
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Imperial in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–April and September, the lowest months. June to August have too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Common Imperial sightings, Namdapha National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come 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 Namdapha National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Elbowed Pierrot (about 60%), Fluffy Tit (about 50%) and Common Tit (about 50%), 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 Namdapha National Park (12 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.
