Copris elphenor
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Copris elphenor sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 133rd most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Copris elphenor in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Copris elphenor sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Copris elphenor sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Copris elphenor that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle (about 10%), Plum Dung Beetle (about 10%) and Amethyst Small Fruit Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copris elphenor is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (32 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.
