Ectima thecla
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Ectima thecla is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. It shows a similar behavior to the Hamadryas butterfly, but it does not produce the noise of "Cracker-butterflies". Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thecla Banner sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 155th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thecla Banner in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thecla Banner sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Thecla Banner sightings, São Paulo ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 10%) and Campinas (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Thecla Banner that you can see in São Paulo (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are White Peacock (about 20%), Juno Silverspot (about 20%) and Lansdorf's Crescent (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thecla Banner is recorded against all the insects logged in São Paulo (50 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.
