Pseudolycaena marsyas
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Pseudolycaena marsyas, the Cambridge blue, giant hairstreak or Marsyas hairstreak, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marsyas Hairstreak sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 38th most-seen of the 226 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Marsyas Hairstreak in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in June to October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marsyas Hairstreak sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Marsyas Hairstreak sightings, Porto Alegre has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come São Luís (Brazil, about 10%) and Vitória (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Marsyas Hairstreak that you can see in Porto Alegre (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Cassius Blue (about 20%), Separated Stripestreak (about 20%) and Hanno Blue (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marsyas Hairstreak is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (35 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.
