Junonia chorimene
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Junonia chorimene, the golden pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Ituri, Kivu and Lualaba), Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, northern and western Kenya, northern Tanzania, south-western Arabia and Yemen. The habitat consists of riverine vegetation.
The larvae feed on Asystasia schimperi, Justicia leikepiensis, Barleria, Hypoestes, Paulowilhelmia and Ruellia species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Pansy sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 42 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Pansy in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Pansy sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Golden Pansy sightings, Kampala ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Accra (Ghana, about 30%) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 30%).
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Golden Pansy that you can see in Kampala (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Little Pansy (about 40%), Dark Blue Pansy (about 30%) and Soldier Commodore (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Pansy is recorded against all the insects logged in Kampala (16 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.
