Junonia hierta
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Junonia hierta, the yellow pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Palaeotropics. It is usually seen in open scrub and grassland habitats. The male upper side is bright yellow. The costa of the forewing has a broad triangular jet-black projection downwards at the discocellulars, and the dorsum has a triangular projection upwards near the tornus; this black margin narrows near the middle of the termen and bears on the apex two short transverse preapical white streaks crossed by the black veins. Below these is an obscure ocellus that is sometimes absent. The anterior half and the terminal margin of the hindwing is black, and the dorsum is broadly shaded with brown while the anterior black area has a large brilliant blue spot. The cilia of both forewings and hindwings are white alternated with brown.
The underside of the forewing is pale yellow. The cell is crossed by three laterally black-margined orange-yellow bars, beyond that is a short, broad, irregular jet-black oblique band from costa to base of vein 4. The hindwing is greyish yellow, and in the dry season its form is strongly irrorated (sprinkled) with dusky scales. With a prominent transverse... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 4 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Cairo | 🇪🇬 Egypt | |
| 7 | Jaipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Pansy sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 213 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.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Pansy in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Pansy sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Yellow Pansy sightings, Johannesburg ranks 9th at about 20%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 40%), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 30%) and Accra (Ghana, about 30%).
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Yellow Pansy that you can see in Johannesburg (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Junonia archesia (about 30%), Blue Pansy (about 10%) and Dark Blue Pansy (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (64 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.
