Lycorea ilione
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Lycorea ilione, the clearwing mimic queen is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Danainae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. Lycorea ilione phenarete (Doubleday, 1847); present in Bolivia and Peru This species is present in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It occurs in the transitional rainforest and cloudforest, at an elevation of 500–1,500 metres (1,600–4,900 ft) above sea level.
Lycorea ilione can reach a wingspan of about 10 cm (3.9 in). It is an extremely variable species. These large and strongly marked butterflies show yellow-tipped antennae and black thorax with white dots and gray abdomen. All wings are rounded, with forewings much longer than the hindwings and with concave inner edge. The wings are transparent... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Clearwing Mimic-Queen sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 502nd most-seen of the 832 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clearwing Mimic-Queen in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clearwing Mimic-Queen sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Clearwing Mimic-Queen sightings, São Paulo ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clearwing Mimic-Queen is recorded against all the insects logged in São Paulo (10 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.
