Junonia atlites
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Junonia atlites, the grey pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. J. atlites is found in Bangladesh, India, southern China, Cambodia, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, western and central Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Upperside of both sexes pale lavender brown, apical half of wings paler. Forewing: cell with, three transverse, short, sinuous black bands, the outermost defining the discocellulars; a similar short, somewhat broader band beyond the apex of the cell; two transverse discal dusky black fasciae, the inner highly sinuous and outward, angulate above vein 4, the outer straighter, somewhat lunular, bordered by a series of whitish ovals with dusky or black centers. The black-centered spots in the ovals in interspaces 2, 5, and 6 margined posteriorly with rich ocherous yellow. Beyond this series of ovals is a lunular, narrow, transverse dark band, followed by sinuous subterminal and terminal broad dark lines. Apex of wing slightly fuliginous. Hindwing: a short slender black loop from veins 6 to 4 at apex of cell-area; two discal sinuous transverse dark, fasciae in continuation of those on the forewing: followed by a series... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 11 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 13 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 14 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 15 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 16 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 3 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 5 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Pansy sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 87 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Pansy in Sepilok on a given day, against under 5% in November and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Pansy sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Grey Pansy sightings, Sepilok ranks 12th at about 20%. The best odds are in Kaziranga National Park (India, about 50%), Bako National Park (Malaysia, about 50%) and Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Grey Pansy that you can see in Sepilok (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Brown Pansy (about 30%), Chocolate Pansy (about 30%) and Blue Pansy (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Sepilok (20 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.
