Cacyreus lingeus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cacyreus lingeus, the common bush blue or bush bronze, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. As with other Cacyreus species it is endemic to the Afrotropics. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bush Bronze sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 84th most-seen of the 311 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and October–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bush Bronze in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in April–June and August–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bush Bronze 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 3 cities where we can rate Bush Bronze sightings, Cape Town ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 10%) and Durban (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Cacyreus
The closest relatives of the Bush Bronze that you can see in Cape Town (genus Cacyreus, Bronzes) are Geranium Bronze (about 10%) and Water Geranium Bronze (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bush Bronze is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (57 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.
