Gomalia elma
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Gomalia elma, also known as the marbled skipper or African marbled skipper, is a species of hesperiid butterfly. It is found in Africa and parts of Asia. Male. Upperside with the ground colour brownish-olive-grey. Forewing with a basal blackish-brown band, and an ante-medial darker band, the latter with its outer margin limited by a black thick line which extends from the sub-costal vein in an outward curve to the sub-median vein, its portion crossing the cell edged outwardly by a white lunular mark which closes the end of the cell, a white spot at the base of the second median interspace and another inwards below^ almost touching it, in the first median interspace, a large square blackish-brown patch on the costa limited outwardly by three sub-apical conjoined white spots, a similar but smaller patch at the apex, a larger similar patch on the middle of the outer margin, and a small narrow one at the hinder angle. Hindwing darker, a white middle band from the sub-costal vein to the abdominal fold, the inner portion of the wing from the band to the base black, containing a white sub-basal spot, a black band narrowing upwards attached to the lower portion of the white... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Marbled Sandman sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 193rd 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.
January and March–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Marbled Sandman in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and September–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-Marbled Sandman sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Green-Marbled Sandman sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Green-Marbled Sandman that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Striped Policeman (about 10%), 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 Green-Marbled Sandman is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (24 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.
