Morpho telemachus
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Morpho telemachus is a Neotropical butterfly. Morpho telemachus is a large butterfly. The upperside of the forewings is a silver grey and blue green with a very wide black-brown outer edge. This is also on the posterior wings and can even cover almost all of the hindwings and forewings. There is a black band on half of the costal edge from the base.
Ebert, MS Brazil (Pernambuco) In 1913, Hans Fruhstorfer wrote: "According to Michael perseus [synonym for telemachus] is never seen fluttering round flowers, nor do the butterflies seem to require food or drink. They prefer rather to soar through the spaces of the illimitable forests like Morpho hecaba or to float along in unrestricted flight over the tops of the trees in a deep valley. According to Hahnel perseus is one of the highest-flying... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Morpho telemachus sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 74 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.
November
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Morpho telemachus in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to April, the lowest months. September has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Morpho telemachus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Morpho telemachus sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Morpho telemachus is recorded against all the insects logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (5 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.
