Mycalesis vulgaris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Bicyclus vulgaris, the vulgar bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia. The habitat consists of forests (including pre-forest and riparian forest), dense savanna, the edges of farmland, woodland and marshy areas.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mycalesis vulgaris sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mycalesis vulgaris in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May and August–November, the lowest months.
Only Kampala, in our data
Kampala is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mycalesis vulgaris sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Mycalesis vulgaris 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 Mycalesis vulgaris 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.
