Protogoniomorpha duprei
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Protogoniomorpha duprei, the Malagasy mother-of-pearl, is a species of butterfly-footed butterfly endemic to the island state of Madagascar. With a wingspan nearing 7 centimetres, Protogoniomorpha duprei is a medium sized butterfly.
Being an inhabitant of forests, this uncommon insect is affected by habitat loss due to logging and land conversion for agriculture. This is the leading cause of its population decline. It is estimated that the population has declined by 20–30% within the last decade. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascan Mother-Of-Pearl sighting in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th 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.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascan Mother-Of-Pearl in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and July–September, the lowest months. That is one of Ranomafana National Park's wettest months, with about 450 mm of rain against 80 mm in September.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Madagascan Mother-Of-Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 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 Madagascan Mother-Of-Pearl sightings, Ranomafana National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Mantadia National Park (Madagascar, about 50%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Madagascan Mother-Of-Pearl that you can see in Ranomafana National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Island Brown Pansy (about 30%), Dark Blue Pansy (about 30%) and Heteropsis andravahana (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Madagascan Mother-Of-Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Ranomafana National Park (11 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.
