Actizera lucida
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Actizera lucida, the rayed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from eastern and southern Africa to Kenya. It is also found on Madagascar. In South Africa it is widespread from the West Cape to the Orange Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province.
The wingspan is 15–23 mm for males and 17–25 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, but are more common in summer. The larvae feed on Oxalis, Argyrolobium, Rhynchosia and Crotolaria lanceolata. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rayed Blue sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 84th 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 and November–June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rayed Blue in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rayed Blue 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 Rayed Blue sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Rayed Blue that you can see in Durban (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are African Grass Blue (about 20%), Bush Bronze (about 10%) and Common Hairstreak (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rayed Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (27 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.
