Number Eighty
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Porto Alegre

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

14 Verified sightings at Porto Alegre
80 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Number Eighty

Diaethria candrena, the candrena eighty-eight or number eighty, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil. The wingspan is 40–46 mm. The larvae feed on Celtis species. Diaethria candrena candrena (Argentina, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)) Diaethria candrena longfieldae (Talbot, 1928) (Brazil (Mato Grosso)) Diaethria candrena, Fauna Paraguay Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
2 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
4 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
4 Montevideo 🇺🇾 Uruguay
~10%
5 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Number Eighty in Porto Alegre?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Number Eighty sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 86th most-seen of the 226 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Number Eighty in Porto Alegre?

April and September–February

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Number Eighty in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Number Eighty?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Number Eighty sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Porto Alegre the best place to see a Number Eighty?

2nd of 5

Of the 5 cities where we can rate Number Eighty sightings, Porto Alegre ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 20%).

Where does the Number Eighty sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Number Eighty is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (14 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.

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