Cocytius duponchel
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Amphonyx duponchel, or Duponchel's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Felipe Poey in 1832. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Duponchel's Sphinx sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 378 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Duponchel's Sphinx in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, August, October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Duponchel's Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Duponchel's Sphinx sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Duponchel's Sphinx that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Xylophanes zurcheri (about 30%), Eumorpha phorbas (about 10%) and Xylophanes belti (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Duponchel's Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (39 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.
