Ypthimomorpha itonia
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ypthimomorpha is a monotypic butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Ypthimomorpha itonia, the marsh ringlet or swamp ringlet, which is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, northern and eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Botswana. The habitat consists of open, moist areas and marshes on forest margins.
Adults are on wing year round. The larvae feed on Poaceae species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Ringlet sighting in Accra on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 30 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Marsh Ringlet in Accra on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, May, July–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Only Accra, in our data
Accra is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Marsh Ringlet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Marsh Ringlet 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 Marsh Ringlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Accra (5 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.
