Diaethria clymena
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Diaethria clymena, the Cramer's eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. It was described to science by Pieter Cramer, in a fascicle of De uitlandsche Kapellen, 1775.
The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). The larvae feed on Trema lamarckiana, Trema micrantha, and Theobroma. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 12 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Widespread Eighty-Eight sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th most-seen of the 186 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and June–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Widespread Eighty-Eight in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in May and September–February, the lowest months. Those are among Belo Horizonte's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in December.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Widespread Eighty-Eight 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 5 cities where we can rate Widespread Eighty-Eight sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 10%), Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%) and São Paulo (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Widespread Eighty-Eight 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 Widespread Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in Belo Horizonte (10 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.
