Platylesches moritili
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Platylesches moritili, the honey hopper or common hopper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in several countries of Africa, including Burkina Faso. In South Africa, it is found from KwaZulu-Natal, north along the coast and hinterland to Maputaland and from Mpumalanga to northern Gauteng and from the central Limpopo Province to Pafuri. The habitat consists of savanna and riverine forest.
The wingspan is 31–33 mm for males and 33–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, but are more common from March to May and from October to December. The larvae feed on the young foliage of Parinari curatellifolia. They are leaf green with a black to brown head. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Honey Hopper sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 316 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Honey Hopper in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and July, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Honey Hopper 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 Honey Hopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Honey Hopper that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Clouded Flat (about 10%), Lesser-Horned Swift (about 10%) and Rufous-Winged Flat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Honey Hopper is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (34 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.
