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Thecla aetolus
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Thecla aetolus sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 74 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, 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 Thecla aetolus in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and April, the lowest months. September has too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thecla aetolus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Thecla aetolus sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Thecla aetolus that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Red Postman (about 60%), Thoas Swallowtail (about 50%) and Eacles penelope (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thecla aetolus is recorded against all the insects logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (6 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.
