Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Satpura National Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

22 Verified sightings at Satpura National Park From 2019 to 2026
68 In all 4 parks
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Baronet

Symphaedra nais, also known as the baronet, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It was formerly included in the genus Euthalia but it is a sister to members of the genus Bassarona. The male and the female both have tawny-yellow uppersides. The forewing has a traverse black line below apex cell and an oval spot beyond encircling a small yellow spot, a broad short oblique discal bar and an angulated postdiscal lunular band the costa narrowly and the termen shaded with black. Hindwing: a comparatively large triangular patch below the middle of the costa, a postdiscal evenly curved series of spots and a broad band along the termen black. Underside dark ochraceous red. Forewing: the base shaded with fuscous black, two spots at base of cell and a transverse line beyond crimson pink, edged with black: a very broad oblique discal band, angulated downwards below vein 4, bordered posteriorly by a large black spot on the inner side and outwardly and anteriorly by an oblique broad black band, followed by four anterior obliquely placed ochraceous-white spots, and beyond by a very narrow lunular black band bent downwards below vein 6. Hindwing: a crimson short... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
2 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
3 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~30%
4 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jabalpur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Bhopal 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Mumbai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Bengaluru 🇮🇳 India
~10%
5 Pune 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Baronet in Satpura National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Baronet sighting in Satpura National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 16 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Baronet in Satpura National Park?

February and December

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Baronet in Satpura National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month. Those are among Satpura National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 690 mm in July.

What time of day is best to see a Baronet?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Baronet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Baronet live in Satpura National Park?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Baronet that you can see in Satpura National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Chocolate Pansy (about 20%), Great Eggfly (about 20%) and Lemon Pansy (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Baronet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Baronet is recorded against all the insects logged in Satpura National Park (22 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.

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