Cymothoe caenis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cymothoe caenis, the common glider, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland. It is a migratory species.
The larvae feed on Rawsonia usambarensis, Rawsonia lucida, Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca, Oncoba spinosa, Oncoba welwitschii, Lindackeria and Uapaca species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Glider sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 42 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Glider in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Glider sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kampala, in our data
Kampala is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Glider sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Glider that you can see in Kampala (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Little Pansy (about 40%), Dark Blue Pansy (about 30%) and Danaid Eggfly (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Glider is recorded against all the insects logged in Kampala (7 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.
