Tanaecia lepidea
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Tanaecia lepidea, the grey count, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia. The upperside is dark brown, with obscure black markings of transverse lines across the cells of both forewings and hindwings and an oblique discal fascia on the forewing. An ash-grey continuous band flows along the termen of forewings and hindwings, gradually broadening from the narrow apex of the forewing, to the tornus of the hindwing, where it covers about one-third of the wing.
The cilia are white. The antennae, head, thorax and abdomen are dark brown; beneath, the antennae are ochraceous, the rest dusky white washed with ochraceous. The underside is brown. The colours are paler on the hindwing; the forewing somewhat narrowly, the hindwing much more broadly suffused with lilacine-grey on the terminal margins and along the dorsal margin of the hindwing. Cells of both wings have dark brown sinuous transverse lines and looplike markings; both forewings and hindwings are crossed by somewhat diffuse broad discal and narrower postdiscal dark bands, prominent on the forewing, obscure on the hindwing. The male has a patch of specialized dark scales above... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Count sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 44 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.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Count in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–July, September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Periyar National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Count sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Grey Count sightings, Periyar National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kanha National Park (India, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Grey Count that you can see in Periyar National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Tamil Yeoman (about 40%), Glad-Eye Bushbrown (about 40%) and Chocolate Pansy (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Count is recorded against all the insects logged in Periyar National Park (6 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.
