Sarangesa motozi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Sarangesa motozi, also known as the forest elfin or elfin skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is native to southern and eastern Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hyaline Dotted Elfin sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 75th most-seen of the 401 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hyaline Dotted Elfin in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in March and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Durban's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 210 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hyaline Dotted Elfin sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Durban, in our data
Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hyaline Dotted Elfin sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Hyaline Dotted Elfin that you can see in Durban (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Clouded Flat (about 20%), Baoris fatuellus (about 20%) and Macken's Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hyaline Dotted Elfin is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (28 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.
