Achlyodes thraso
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Eantis thraso is a species of spread-wing skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Sicklewing sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 49th 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.
February–April and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Sicklewing in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Sicklewing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
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Of the 8 cities where we can rate Southern Sicklewing sightings, Porto Alegre has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Manaus (Brazil, about 10%) and Monterrey (México, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Sicklewing that you can see in Porto Alegre (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Fiery Skipper (about 20%), Dorantes Longtail (about 20%) and Tropical Checkered-Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Sicklewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (26 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.
