Anartia amathea
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Anartia amathea, the brown peacock (scarlet peacock, red peacock), is a species of nymphalid butterfly, found primarily in South America. This butterfly is very similar to the banded peacock or Anartia fatima, which primarily exists north of the range of Anartia amathea. The type locality is probably Suriname, and the species is found from Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua. It consumes nectar. It is reported as common in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Brazilian highlands, the eastern Amazon, the Guianas, Venezuela, and Panama, as well as Trinidad and other Caribbean islands. North American records are either in error or refer to strays.
Larval host plants are mostly undetermined, but these include the families Acanthaceae and Labiatae. Uniprot Taxonomy Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 11 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 13 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 14 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 15 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 17 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 18 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red Peacock sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 52 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red Peacock in Cali on a given day, against about 20% in February and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Peacock sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Red Peacock sightings, Cali ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Valencia (Venezuela, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Peacock is recorded against all the insects logged in Cali (54 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.
