Hamadryas amphinome
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Hamadryas amphinome, the red cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to regions of North and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cracker sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 72 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 8th 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.
April and June–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cracker in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in October and November, the lowest months. Those are among Belo Horizonte's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Cracker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Red Cracker sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 3rd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in São Luís (Brazil, about 20%) and Maceió (Brazil, about 20%).
Same genus: Hamadryas
The closest relatives of the Red Cracker that you can see in Belo Horizonte (genus Hamadryas, Cracker Butterflies) are Starry Night Cracker (about 20%), Gray Cracker (about 10%) and Variable Cracker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Belo Horizonte (72 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.
