Hypolimnas dubius
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Diadem sighting in Abidjan on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 11 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Diadem in Abidjan on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Abidjan's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 260 mm in June.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variable Diadem 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 cities where we can rate Variable Diadem sightings, Abidjan ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Accra (Ghana, about 40%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Variable Diadem that you can see in Abidjan (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 30%), Little Pansy (about 30%) and Forest Glade Nymph (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Variable Diadem is recorded against all the insects logged in Abidjan (7 verified sightings), 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.
