Doxocopa laurentia
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Turquoise Emperor sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 328 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 558 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May, September and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Turquoise Emperor in Buenos Aires on a given day, against about 10% in January–March, June–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Turquoise Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Turquoise Emperor sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Turquoise Emperor 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 Turquoise Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Buenos Aires (328 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.
