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Mycalesis rhacotis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Bicyclus rhacotis, the Rhacotis bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of deep forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mycalesis rhacotis sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 168 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mycalesis rhacotis in Durban on a given day, against about 10% in February, September and December, the lowest months. Those are among Durban's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mycalesis rhacotis sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Mycalesis rhacotis sightings, Durban ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kigali (Rwanda, about 30%) and Accra (Ghana, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mycalesis rhacotis is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (168 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.
