Euchrysops barkeri
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Euchrysops barkeri, the Barker's smoky blue or Barker's Cupid, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Smoky Blue sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 10 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Smoky Blue in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and August–January, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Smoky Blue 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 Pale Smoky Blue sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Euchrysops
The closest relatives of the Pale Smoky Blue that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Euchrysops, Smoky Blues) are Tailed Smoky Blue (about 10%) and Grey Smoky Blue (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Smoky Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (10 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.
