What are the chances of seeing a Banded Commodore in Antananarivo?
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Commodore sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 59 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Banded Commodore in Antananarivo?
July
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Commodore in Antananarivo on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month. That is one of Antananarivo's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 480 mm in January.
What time of day is best to see a Banded Commodore?
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Commodore sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Banded Commodore?
Only Antananarivo, in our data
Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Banded Commodore sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Banded Commodore live in Antananarivo?
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Banded Commodore that you can see in Antananarivo (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Royal Blue Pansy (about 60%), Island Brown Pansy (about 40%) and Dark Blue Pansy (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Banded Commodore sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Commodore is recorded against all the insects logged in Antananarivo (47 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.