Nepheronia argia
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Nepheronia argia, the large vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa. The wingspan is 50–65 mm for males and 48–70 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn.
The larvae feed on Hippocratea longipetolata, Cassipurea ruwenzorensis, and Ritchiea species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Large Vagrant sighting in Lilongwe on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Large Vagrant in Lilongwe on a given day, against about 10% in July to February, the lowest months. That is one of Lilongwe's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 310 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Vagrant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lilongwe, in our data
Lilongwe is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Large Vagrant sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Large Vagrant that you can see in Lilongwe (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Spotted Brown Pansy (about 40%) and Soldier Commodore (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Vagrant is recorded against all the insects logged in Lilongwe (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.
