Methona themisto
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Methona themisto, common name themisto amberwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing sighting in Niterói on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 46 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing in Niterói on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Niterói's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 230 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Themisto Amberwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Themisto Amberwing sightings, Niterói ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 40%), Curitiba (Brazil, about 30%) and Santos (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Themisto Amberwing that you can see in Niterói (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are White Peacock (about 20%), Gulf Fritillary (about 20%) and Julia Heliconian (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Themisto Amberwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Niterói (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.
