Cocytius duponchel
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Amphonyx duponchel, or Duponchel's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Felipe Poey in 1832. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Duponchel's Sphinx sighting in Manaus on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 86 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.
June–August and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Duponchel's Sphinx in Manaus on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, September–October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Manaus's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in March.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Duponchel's Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Duponchel's Sphinx sightings, Manaus has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Valencia (Venezuela, about 20%) and São Luís (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Duponchel's Sphinx that you can see in Manaus (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Streaked Sphinx (about 30%), Anchemola Sphinx (about 20%) and Tetrio Sphinx (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Duponchel's Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Manaus (13 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.
