Junonia orithya
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Junonia orithya is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. In India, its common English name is the blue pansy, but in southern Africa it is known as the eyed pansy as the name blue pansy refers to Junonia oenone. In Australia, this butterfly is known as the blue argus, but this name also is used for the Aricia anteros in Europe.
The Blue Pansy has been declared as the state butterfly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India. Male upperside: somewhat more than half the forewing from base velvety black, apical half dull fuliginous; cell-area with or without two short transverse orange bars; a blue patch above, the tornus; the outer margin of the basal black area obliquely zigzag in a line from the middle of costa to apex of vein 2, including a large discal, generally obscure ocellus, which, however, in some specimens is prominently ringed with orange yellow. Beyond this a broad white irregularly oblique discal band followed by a short oblique preapical bar from costa; a small black orange-ringed ocellus beneath the bar, a subterminal continuous line of white spots in the interspaces... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 13 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naha | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Jodhpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Surakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Surabaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Pansy sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 66th most-seen of the 447 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 Blue Pansy in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June, September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Taroko National Park's wettest months, with about 570 mm of rain against 290 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue 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.
8th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Blue Pansy sightings, Taroko National Park ranks 8th at about 20%. The best odds are in Nitmiluk National Park (Australia, about 40%), Litchfield National Park (Australia, about 40%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Blue Pansy that you can see in Taroko National Park (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Lemon Pansy (about 20%) and Chocolate Pansy (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (35 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.
