Heliconius ricini
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Heliconius ricini, the ricini longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and northern Brazil. The habitat consists of savanna-type areas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Heliconius ricini sighting in São Luís on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 70th most-seen of the 93 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.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Heliconius ricini in São Luís on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November–March, the lowest months. That is one of São Luís's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 360 mm in April.
Only São Luís, in our data
São Luís is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Heliconius ricini sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Heliconius
The closest relatives of the Heliconius ricini that you can see in São Luís (genus Heliconius, Longwings and Heliconians) are Red Postman (about 10%) and Postman (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Heliconius ricini is recorded against all the insects logged in São Luís (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.
