Junonia tugela
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly or eared commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. It is commonly included in the genus Junonia rather than Precis.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females. The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dry-Leaf Commodore sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 123 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.
July–September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dry-Leaf Commodore in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May and October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dry-Leaf Commodore sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nairobi, in our data
Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dry-Leaf Commodore sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Junonia
The closest relatives of the Dry-Leaf Commodore that you can see in Nairobi (genus Junonia, Buckeyes & Pansies) are Soldier Commodore (about 30%), Yellow Pansy (about 30%) and Dark Blue Pansy (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dry-Leaf Commodore is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi (12 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.
