Batocnema coquerelii
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Batocnema coquerelii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, the Aldabra Islands and the Comoro Islands. It is similar to Batocnema africanus, but the general pattern comprises a much better developed series of bands and patches. The forewing upperside has six, rather than two, conspicuous costal patches and stripes, the most apical of which is small, triangular and subapical. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lavender Sphinx Moth sighting in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 68 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Lavender Sphinx Moth in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–September and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Ranomafana National Park's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 80 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lavender Sphinx Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Ranomafana National Park, in our data
Ranomafana National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lavender Sphinx Moth sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Lavender Sphinx Moth that you can see in Ranomafana National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Verdant Hawkmoth (about 30%) and Wallace's Sphinx (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lavender Sphinx Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Ranomafana 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.
