Junonia iphita
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Pansy sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th 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.
December
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Chocolate Pansy in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to September, the lowest months.
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.
15th of 23
Of the 23 parks where we can rate Chocolate Pansy sightings, Taroko National Park ranks 15th at about 20%. The best odds are in Periyar National Park (India, about 40%), Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 40%) and Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, about 40%).
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Chocolate Pansy that you can see in Taroko National Park (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Lemon Pansy (about 20%) and Blue Pansy (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chocolate Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (45 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.
