Methona themisto
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 282 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 226 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to December
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing in Porto Alegre on a given day, against about 30% in March and August, the lowest months.
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.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Themisto Amberwing sightings, Porto Alegre has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Curitiba (Brazil, about 30%) and Santos (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Themisto Amberwing that you can see in Porto Alegre (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Julia Heliconian (about 30%), Ruddy Daggerwing (about 30%) and Gulf Fritillary (about 30%), 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 Porto Alegre (282 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.
