Bunaea alcinoe
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Bunaea alcinoe, the cabbage tree emperor moth, is an African moth species belonging to the family Saturniidae. It was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1780. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Tree Emperor sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 78 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 274 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.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Tree Emperor in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in May to August, the lowest months. That is one of Pretoria's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against almost none in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cabbage Tree Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Cabbage Tree Emperor sightings, Pretoria has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%) and Durban (South Africa, under 5%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Cabbage Tree Emperor that you can see in Pretoria (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Garden Acraea (about 30%), Leopard Magpie Moth (about 30%) and Junonia archesia (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cabbage Tree Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (78 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.
