Junonia rhadama
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Junonia rhadama, the brilliant blue, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, the Comoros, and the Seychelles (Astove Island). The habitat consists of transformed grasslands and Anthropogenic biomeanthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on Barleria species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Royal Blue Pansy sighting in Berenty Reserve on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 8 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and October
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Royal Blue Pansy in Berenty Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month. Those are among Berenty Reserve's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 85 mm in February. January–March, June and September have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Royal Blue Pansy sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Berenty Reserve, in our data
Berenty Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Royal Blue Pansy sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Royal Blue Pansy that you can see in Berenty Reserve (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 50%), Madagascar Forest Nymph (about 50%) and Acraea damii (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Royal Blue Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Berenty Reserve (11 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.
