Eunica monima
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Eunica monima, the dingy purplewing, is a species of tropical brushfoot in the family Nymphalidae, and was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Eunica monima is 4532. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dingy Purplewing sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 46 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dingy Purplewing in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and September–November, the lowest months. Those are among Cañón del Sumidero National Park's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dingy Purplewing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dingy Purplewing sightings, Cañón del Sumidero National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Jaragua National Park (Dominican Republic, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Dingy Purplewing that you can see in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Malachite (about 20%), Zebra Longwing (about 20%) and Limenitis iphiclus (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dingy Purplewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (16 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.
