Pachylia syces
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pachylia syces is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pachylia syces sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th most-seen of the 169 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July, September–October and December–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pachylia syces in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in June, August and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pachylia syces sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Pachylia syces sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 9th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in São Luís (Brazil, about 10%), Belém (Brazil, about 10%) and Cali (Colombia, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Pachylia syces that you can see in Rio de Janeiro (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Isognathus caricae (about 10%), Streaked Sphinx (about 10%) and Ello Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pachylia syces is recorded against all the insects logged in Rio de Janeiro (16 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.
