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 |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Royal Blue Pansy sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 110 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 59 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–June and August–October
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Royal Blue Pansy in Antananarivo on a given day, against about 40% in December and January, the lowest months. Those are among Antananarivo's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 480 mm in January.
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 Antananarivo, in our data
Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Royal Blue Pansy sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Royal Blue Pansy that you can see in Antananarivo (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Island Brown Pansy (about 40%) and Dark Blue Pansy (about 40%), 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 Antananarivo (110 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.
