Marpesia chiron
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Marpesia chiron, the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Many-Banded Daggerwing sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 131 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Many-Banded Daggerwing in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Many-Banded 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.
6th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Many-Banded Daggerwing sightings, Panama City ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 20%), Salvador (Brazil, about 10%) and Vitória (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Many-Banded Daggerwing that you can see in Panama City (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 30%), White Peacock (about 30%) and Red Postman (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Many-Banded Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Panama City (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.
