Cartaletis libyssa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Scopula libyssa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Africa. The larvae feed on Oxyanthus monteiroi, Oxyanthus speciosus and Randia axillare. 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 Monarch Looper sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 156th 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.
April, July and October–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Monarch Looper in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June and August–September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Monarch Looper 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 Monarch Looper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Monarch Looper that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Vestal (about 10%), Munds Grey (about 10%) and Neptune Vestal (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Monarch Looper is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (12 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.
