Moduza procris
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Moduza procris, the commander, sometimes included in the genus Limenitis, is a medium-sized, strikingly coloured brush-footed butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is notable for the mode of concealment employed by its caterpillar and the cryptic camouflage of its pupa.
The commander has a wingspan of about 6 to 7.5 cm (2.4 to 3.0 in). The upperside of its wings are a bright reddish brown. Towards the centre of the wing are broad white spots. In flight, one can see a bright red brown butterfly with a white band forming a V shape. There are also a few white spots scattered on the wings. Its hindwings have crenulated margins. The undersides of the wings are a whitish grey toward the base and have a row of dull reddish brown and a row of black spots along the margins. The male and female are similar in appearance.
Male and female. Upper side, ground colour rich ferruginous-red, the basal area slightly tinged with olivescent yellowish-ferruginous. Cilia alternately black and white. Forewing with three black slender bars crossing the cell, and three similar bars below the cell between the basal interspaces of the middle and lower medians; beyond the cell... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Commander sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 117 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.
May and June
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Commander in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Commander sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Commander sightings, Sinharaja Forest Reserve ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 50%) and Bandhavgarh National Park (India, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Commander that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Glad-Eye Bushbrown (about 40%), Clipper (about 40%) and Ceylon Tree Nymph (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Commander is recorded against all the insects logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (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.
