Doxocopa laurentia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Turquoise Emperor sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th 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.
February–September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Turquoise Emperor in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in January and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Turquoise Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Turquoise Emperor sightings, São Paulo ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 20%), Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 10%) and Montevideo (Uruguay, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Turquoise Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in São Paulo (65 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.
