Vanessula milca
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Vanessula is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Vanessula milca, the black and orange or lady's maid. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of dense and riverine forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lady's Maid Butterfly sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th 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 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lady's Maid Butterfly in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lady's Maid Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Lady's Maid Butterfly sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Lady's Maid 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 Lady's Maid Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Kibale National Park (8 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.
