Common Ringlet
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kampala

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

5 Verified sightings at Kampala
April Best month

About the Common Ringlet

Ypthima doleta, the common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of humid areas, including farmland, forest margins and glades. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

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Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Ringlet in Kampala?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringlet sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 5 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.

When is the best time to see a Common Ringlet in Kampala?

March–April and June–July

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Ringlet in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and August–December, the lowest months.

Where else can you see a Common Ringlet?

Only Kampala, in our data

Kampala is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Ringlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Common Ringlet live in Kampala?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Common Ringlet 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.

Where does the Common Ringlet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Ringlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Kampala (5 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.

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