Cymothoe caenis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Cymothoe caenis, the common glider, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland. It is a migratory species.
The larvae feed on Rawsonia usambarensis, Rawsonia lucida, Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca, Oncoba spinosa, Oncoba welwitschii, Lindackeria and Uapaca species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Glider sighting in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 14 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Glider in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Glider sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Common Glider sightings, Murchison Falls National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Common Glider that you can see in Murchison Falls National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Dark Blue Pansy (about 30%), Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 20%) and Blue Monarch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Glider is recorded against all the insects logged in Murchison Falls National Park (7 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.
