Junonia natalica
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Junonia natalica, the Natal pansy or brown pansy, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The wingspan is 45–50 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica and Phaulopsis imbricata. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Brown Pansy sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 259 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Brown Pansy in Durban on a given day, against about 10% in July, September–October 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 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Brown Pansy sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Spotted Brown Pansy sightings, Durban ranks 4th at about 30%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 50%), Lilongwe (Malawi, about 40%) and Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania, about 30%).
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Spotted Brown Pansy that you can see in Durban (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Dark Blue Pansy (about 20%), Soldier Commodore (about 20%) and Yellow Pansy (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Brown Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (259 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.
