Ortilia ithra
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Ortilia ithra, or the Ithra crescent, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is native to broadleaf forests in South America from Brazil to Argentina. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ithra Crescent sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 186 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.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ithra Crescent in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in October to December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ithra Crescent sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Ithra Crescent sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rosario (Argentina, about 30%), Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 30%) and Montevideo (Uruguay, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Ithra Crescent that you can see in Belo Horizonte (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Starry Night Cracker (about 20%), White Peacock (about 20%) and Themisto Amberwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ithra Crescent is recorded against all the insects logged in Belo Horizonte (64 verified sightings), 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.
