Vanessa braziliensis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Vanessa braziliensis, the Brazilian painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 5 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Lady sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 74th most-seen of the 832 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 to January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Lady in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in February to June, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brazilian Lady sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Brazilian Lady sightings, São Paulo ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in La Paz (Bolivia, about 30%), Rosario (Argentina, about 30%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brazilian Lady is recorded against all the insects logged in São Paulo (95 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.
