Junonia iphita
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Junonia iphita, the chocolate pansy or chocolate soldier, is a butterfly found in Asia. The wingspan is about 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in) and the female can be told apart from the male by white markings on the oblique line on the underside of the hindwing. The wavy lines on the underside of the wings vary from wet- to dry-season forms.
Individuals maintain a territory and are usually found close to the ground level and often bask in the sun. Upperside of both sexes brown, of varying depths of colour. Forewing: cell with one pair of subbasal and one pair of apical transverse sinuous fasciae, the outermost defining the discocellulars; a short, broad, dark, oblique fascia beyond to vein 4, its inner margin diffuse, its outer sinuous but sharply defined; below vein 4 a sinuous, transverse, fainter fascia, followed by a discal blackish fascia, very broad and diffuse below costa, bordered by a row of faint ocelli, and a postdiscal and a subterminal similar fascia following the outline of the termen. Hindwing with a slender blackish loop near apex of cellular area; a broad inwardly diffuse, outwardly well-defined short discal fascia in continuation of the one on the forewing; a... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 3 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 10 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 12 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 13 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 16 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 17 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 19 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 20 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 21 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 22 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 23 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colachel | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Madurai | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Pansy sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 27 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.
June and December
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Pansy in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month. July to October have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chocolate Pansy 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 23 parks where we can rate Chocolate Pansy sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Periyar National Park (India, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chocolate Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Royal Manas National Park (11 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.
