Heteropsis fraterna
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Heteropsis fraterna sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 31 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.
April, September and November–December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Heteropsis fraterna in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. February and March have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Heteropsis fraterna sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ankarafantsika National Park, in our data
Ankarafantsika National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Heteropsis fraterna sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Heteropsis fraterna that you can see in Ankarafantsika National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Madagascar Forest Nymph (about 50%), African Joker (about 40%) and Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Heteropsis fraterna is recorded against all the insects logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (5 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.
