Melanocera menippe
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut Emperor sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 588th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut Emperor in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Chestnut Emperor sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Chestnut Emperor that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Speckled Emperor (about 10%), Mopane Worm (about 10%) and Eastern Marbled Emperor (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (6 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.
