# iButterfly Explorer

> AI-ASSISTED SPECIES IDENTIFICATION AND NATURAL HISTORY OF INDIAN BUTTERFLIES

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.iButterfly.Explorer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.iButterfly.Explorer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.iButterfly.Explorer`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Indian Foundation For Butterflies Trust
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 397
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27
- **First published:** 2026-03-20
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 167 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iButterfly.Explorer)
- **Website:** [https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/IBExplorer-mobile-app](https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/IBExplorer-mobile-app)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/data-privacy](https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/data-privacy)

## Description

The iButterfly Explorer mobile app will help take your enjoyment of watching Indian butterflies in the field to the next level. It is an authoritative field guide for species identification and natural history of Indian butterflies. The app offers AI-assisted species identification, and serves as a mobile-friendly, offline companion to the Butterflies of India website (https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org), from which it draws data.<br>The project is driven by an integrated professional-amateur scientific community that aggregates big data on Indian butterflies with the goals of: (a) providing helpful resources and guidance to watch and enjoy butterflies, and (b) studying ecological trends. The platform is also used extensively for educational and outreach activities, so it promotes the enjoyment, research and conservation of biodiversity.<br>It is a home-grown citizen science platform, custom-made for Indian biodiversity, hosted in a leading national research institution, and supported by a consortium of non-profit agencies.

## Rankings

- #1,459,069 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_CUSTOM_AUDIENCE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.iButterfly.Explorer.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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