Chrysoritis pan
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Chrysoritis pan, the Pan opal, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the Western Cape, the Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape. The wingspan is 20–28 mm for males and 22–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to May, with peaks from October to November and from February to March.
The larvae feed on Osteospermum species, Chrysanthemoides incana and Zygophyllum retrofractum. They are attended to by Crematogaster liengmei ants. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pan Opal sighting in West Coast National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pan Opal in West Coast National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July and November, the lowest months. That is one of West Coast National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 70 mm in June.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pan Opal sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only West Coast National Park, in our data
West Coast National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pan Opal sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Chrysoritis
The closest relatives of the Pan Opal that you can see in West Coast National Park (genus Chrysoritis, Opal Coppers) are Common Opal (about 10%) and Donkey Daisy Copper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pan Opal is recorded against all the insects logged in West Coast National Park (17 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.
