Charaxes acuminatus
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Charaxes acuminatus, the pointed pearl charaxes or mountain pearl charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Characterized, as the specific name implies, by the acuminate forewings Forewing with the distal margin deeply excised and long, sharp, falcate apex. The orange or red-brown spots in the black marginal area small or indistinct. German East Africa.
The habitat consists of afromontane forests usually at altitudes above 1,800 metres (5,900 ft). Notes on the biology of acuminatus are given by Larsen, T.B. (1991) and Kielland, J. (1990). The larvae feed on Allophylus species (including A. alnifolius, A. chirindensis, A. abyssinicus, A. chaunostachys and A. africanus) and Bersama abyssinica.
Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes) The group members are: Charaxes varanes Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing Charaxes balfouri Charaxes analava Charaxes nicati
Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes Charaxes saperanus Charaxes defulvata... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pointed Pearl Emperor sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pointed Pearl Emperor in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pointed Pearl Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nyungwe National Park, in our data
Nyungwe National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pointed Pearl Emperor sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Pointed Pearl Emperor that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Euriphene amicia (about 40%) and Long-Tailed Admiral (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pointed Pearl Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Nyungwe National Park (5 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.
