Marpesia petreus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Marpesia petreus, the ruddy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida. Strays are found as far north as Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and southern Texas.
The wingspan is 70–95 mm. The larvae feed on Ficus carica, Ficus pumila, and Ficus citrifolia. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Daggerwing sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 52 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.
February, August–September and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Daggerwing in Cali on a given day, against under 5% in March–July and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ruddy Daggerwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 21
Of the 21 cities where we can rate Ruddy Daggerwing sightings, Cali ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 30%), Curitiba (Brazil, about 30%) and São Paulo (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Ruddy Daggerwing that you can see in Cali (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Red Peacock (about 40%), Malachite (about 20%) and Monarch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ruddy Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Cali (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.
