Ypthima impura
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Ypthima impura, the impure ringlet (known in Afrikaans as the vuil-ringetjie), is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. The wingspan is 32–36 mm for males and 34–38 mm for females.
It is close to Ypthima doletaThe wings above brown; both wings with a narrow dark submarginal band and a double dark marginal line; eye-spot area of the forewing subelliptical, sharply defined distally; hindwing above with an eye-spot in cellule 2 and sometimes 1 or 2 in cellule 1 c, the area round them not defined, beneath with three eye-spots, a double one in 1 c and one eachin 2 and 6.
Adults are on wing year round with peak in early summer and autumn in southern Africa. The butterfly usually has three ocelli on the underside of their hindwing, although these may not appear during the dry season. The larvae feed on Poaceae grasses. Larvae have also been reared on Ehrharta erecta. Females are usually more sedentary than males, with stouter abdomens.
The species may be divided into the following subspecies: Ypthima impura impura (Ivory Coast to Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Angola) Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932 -Bushveld ringlet (Ethiopia... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bush Ringlet sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 186th most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bush Ringlet in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bush Ringlet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in our data
iSimangaliso Wetland Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bush Ringlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bush Ringlet is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland 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.
