Diaethria candrena
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Diaethria candrena, the candrena eighty-eight or number eighty, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil. The wingspan is 40–46 mm. The larvae feed on Celtis species. Diaethria candrena candrena (Argentina, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)) Diaethria candrena longfieldae (Talbot, 1928) (Brazil (Mato Grosso)) Diaethria candrena, Fauna Paraguay Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Number Eighty sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 121 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 558 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Number Eighty in Buenos Aires on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Number Eighty sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Number Eighty sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 20%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Number Eighty that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Gulf Fritillary (about 40%), Southern Monarch (about 30%) and Junonia lavinia (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Number Eighty is recorded against all the insects logged in Buenos Aires (121 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.
