Hypolimnas salmacis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Hypolimnas salmacis, the blue diadem, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron, U. trinervis and Fleurya species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Diadem Butterfly sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 41 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Diadem Butterfly in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue Diadem Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Kibale National Park, in our data
Kibale National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue Diadem Butterfly sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Blue Diadem Butterfly that you can see in Kibale National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Chloropoea lucretia (about 40%), Herminia Glider (about 40%) and Aurivillius’ Brown Pansy (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue Diadem Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Kibale National Park (14 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.
