Eunica monima
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Eunica monima, the dingy purplewing, is a species of tropical brushfoot in the family Nymphalidae, and was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Eunica monima is 4532. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dingy Purplewing sighting in Guatemala City on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 87 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.
May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dingy Purplewing in Guatemala City on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–April, the lowest months. Those are among Guatemala City's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dingy Purplewing 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 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Dingy Purplewing sightings, Guatemala City ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Dingy Purplewing that you can see in Guatemala City (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Monarch (about 50%), Zebra Longwing (about 30%) and Mexican Silverspot (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dingy Purplewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Guatemala City (5 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.
