Phalanta phalantha
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Phalanta phalantha, the common leopard or spotted rustic, is a sun-loving butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family. The common leopard is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 50–55 mm with a tawny colour and marked with black spots. The underside of the butterfly is more glossy than the upper and both the male and female are similar looking. A more prominent purple gloss on the underside is found in the dry-season form of this butterfly.
Male aud female. Upperside bright yellowish-ochreous. Forewing with two black short slender sinuous bars across middle of the cell, a similar darker pair at its end, followed beyond by a short broad sinuous streak from the costa to the lower radial, and is then succeeded below the cell by an inwardly-oblique series of four irregular-shaped spots, and beyond by a medial-discal transverse row of similarly disposed narrow spots, an outer-discal row of round spots, then an inner submarginal sinuous line, confluent with an outer straight line, and a marginal row of triangular spots. Hindwing with a slightly-defined slender black lunule within the cell, two before its end, and two also above it; a transverse inner... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 3 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kanpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Leopard sighting in Accra on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 30 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.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Leopard in Accra on a given day, against under 5% in April, August, October and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Accra's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against 20 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Leopard sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 35 cities where we can rate Common Leopard sightings, Accra ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Prayagraj (India, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Leopard that you can see in Accra (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Danaid Eggfly (about 50%), Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 40%) and Variable Diadem (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Leopard is recorded against all the insects logged in Accra (9 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.
