Sarangesa ruona
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Sarangesa ruona, commonly known as the Ruona elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. In South Africa, it is found in thickly wooded savanna and lowland forest in the Maputaland area of KwaZulu-Natal and the north-western parts of the Limpopo Province lowlands east of the Wolkberg and north and east of the Soutpansberg. It is also present in Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is 32–42 mm for males and 40–43 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to May. There are multiple generations per year. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bridged Elfin sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 315th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August–September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bridged Elfin in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–July, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bridged Elfin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bridged Elfin sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Sarangesa
The closest relatives of the Bridged Elfin that you can see in Kruger National Park (genus Sarangesa, Elfins) are Dark Elfin (about 10%) and Orange Elfin (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bridged Elfin is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger 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.
