Acraea igola
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Acraea igola, the dusky-veined acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the Eastern Cape along the coast to KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, north-eastern Tanzania. The wingspan is 40–45 mm for males and 45–53 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from October to April. It is very scarce in dry months. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-Veined Amber sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 205th most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-Veined Amber in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–February, the lowest months. Those are among Durban's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in January.
Only Durban, in our data
Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dusky-Veined Amber sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Acraea
The closest relatives of the Dusky-Veined Amber that you can see in Durban (genus Acraea, Acraeas) are Dusky Acraea (about 20%), Whitebar Acraea (about 20%) and Dancing Amber (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky-Veined Amber is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (11 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.
