🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the African fig fly live?

Zaprionus indianus has 3,165 records in 57 countries and territories, from 1985 to 2026. Most records come from Guinea.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraDrosophilidaeZaprionus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Guinea 929
United States 542
Pakistan 451
Egypt 341
Côte d'Ivoire 246
South Africa 138
Brazil 57
Costa Rica 51
Ghana 51
Mexico 48
Spain 30
Peru 28
Argentina 27
Ecuador 18
India 18
Israel 17
Madagascar 14
Trinidad & Tobago 14
Colombia 11
São Tomé & Príncipe 11
Suriname 10
Cameroon 9
Panama 8
Syria 8
Dominican Republic 7
Gabon 7
French Guiana 7
Iran 7
Palestine 5
Réunion 5
Tanzania 5
Jamaica 4
Kenya 3
Martinique 3
Paraguay 3
Mayotte 3
United Arab Emirates 2
Bangladesh 2
Canada 2
Guatemala 2

Showing the top 40 of 57 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.