Nepheronia buquetii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Nepheronia buquetii, the plain vagrant, Buquet's vagrant, or green-eyed monster, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa. The wingspan is 45–50 mm for males and 48–56 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, more commonly in winter months.
The larvae feed on Azima tetracantha and Salvadora persica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Vagrant sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 472nd 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.
June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Vagrant in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Vagrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Plain Vagrant sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 30%), Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Namib-Naukluft National Park (Namibia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Vagrant is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (10 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.
