Hamadryas amphinome
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Hamadryas amphinome, the red cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to regions of North and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cracker sighting in São Luís on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th most-seen of the 93 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.
March and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cracker in São Luís on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and July, the lowest months. Those are among São Luís's wettest months, with about 280 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Cracker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Red Cracker sightings, São Luís has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Maceió (Brazil, about 20%) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil, about 20%).
Same genus: Hamadryas
The closest relatives of the Red Cracker that you can see in São Luís (genus Hamadryas, Cracker Butterflies) are Variable Cracker (about 20%) and Gray Cracker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in São Luís (22 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.
