Methona themisto
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing sighting in Santos on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 20 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing in Santos on a given day, against about 10% in January, the lowest month.
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.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Themisto Amberwing sightings, Santos ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 40%) and Curitiba (Brazil, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Themisto Amberwing that you can see in Santos (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Dark Owl-Butterfly (about 10%), Gulf Fritillary (about 10%) and Common Morpho (about 10%), 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 Santos (36 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.
