Melanis aegates
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melanis aegates sighting in Rosario on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 56th most-seen of the 82 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.
January to March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Melanis aegates in Rosario on a given day, against under 5% in May to December, the lowest months. Those are among Rosario's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Melanis aegates sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Melanis aegates sightings, Rosario ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 20%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Melanis aegates that you can see in Rosario (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Strymon eurytulus (about 20%), Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak (about 10%) and Cassius Blue (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Melanis aegates is recorded against all the insects logged in Rosario (6 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.
