Nepheronia buquetii
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Nepheronia buquetii, the plain vagrant, Buquet's vagrant, or green-eyed monster, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa. The wingspan is 45–50 mm for males and 48–56 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, more commonly in winter months.
The larvae feed on Azima tetracantha and Salvadora persica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Vagrant sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 198 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.
January to May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Vagrant in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Vagrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Plain Vagrant sightings, Addo Elephant National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 30%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Plain Vagrant that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Round-Winged Orange Tip (about 20%), African Small White (about 20%) and African Caper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Vagrant is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (36 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.
