Nephele comma
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Nephele comma is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National 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 Comma Nephele sighting in Gorongosa National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 41 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 and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Comma Nephele in Gorongosa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, July–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Gorongosa National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Comma Nephele sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Comma Nephele sightings, Gorongosa National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Comma Nephele that you can see in Gorongosa National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Neave's Polyptychus (about 20%) and Verdant Hawkmoth (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Comma Nephele is recorded against all the insects logged in Gorongosa National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
