Acada biseriatus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Acada biseriata, the axehead skipper or axehead orange, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, from Mozambique to Kenya and in Zaire. It was recently discovered in the eastern part of the Soutpansberg in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
The wingspan is 25–30 mm for males and 25–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round (with a peak in late summer and autumn in Zimbabwe and Mozambique). In South Africa it has only been found in December. The larvae feed on Brachystegia species, including Brachystegia spiciformis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Axehead Skipper sighting in Harare on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 93 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March–April, June–July and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Axehead Skipper in Harare on a given day, against under 5% in February, August–September and December, the lowest months.
Only Harare, in our data
Harare is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Axehead Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Axehead Skipper that you can see in Harare (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Citrus Swallowtail (about 20%), Yellow Pansy (about 20%) and Dancing Amber (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Axehead Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Harare (13 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.
