Bematistes aganice
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Bematistes aganice, the wanderer, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa. P. aganice Hew. (58 d) nearly approaches the preceding species [montana now Bematistes aganice montana], but has a narrower transverse band on the forewing and especially a much narrower median band on the hindwing; these are in the male white-yellow or white, in the female white; the transverse band of the forewing is in the male often almost broken up into spots and the spot in cellule 1 b very small or absent; the ground-colour in fresh specimens is almost black and the sharply defined marginal band of the hindwing in both sexes is 9-11mm. in breadth; the base of the hindwing is nearly black above, dark brown beneath; thus the sexes differ but little from one another. - Larva whitish green with long yellowish spines, yellow-brown head, and blue dots dorsally and laterally. Pupa whitish green with four pairs of long light red dorsal spines as in camerunica and small divaricating horns on the head. This species in the only endemic Planema in South Africa and is distributed from Kaffirland to Zambesi; in East Africa it is represented... 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 Wanderer sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and May–July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wanderer in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and August–January, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wanderer 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 Wanderer sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Acraea
The closest relatives of the Wanderer that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Acraea, Acraeas) are Dancing Amber (about 30%), Whitebar Acraea (about 10%) and Dusky Acraea (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wanderer is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (57 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.
