Creole Pearly-Eye

Creole Pearly-Eye

Lethe creola

Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Congaree National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

55 Verified sightings at Congaree National Park From 2019 to 2026
55 In 1 park
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Creole Pearly-Eye

Lethe creola, the creole pearly-eye, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found it the United States from North Carolina and central Georgia west to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Some authorities include this species in the genus Enodia as Enodia creola. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Creole Pearly-Eye in Congaree National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Creole Pearly-Eye sighting in Congaree National Park on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 145 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Creole Pearly-Eye in Congaree National Park?

August

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Creole Pearly-Eye in Congaree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Creole Pearly-Eye?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Creole Pearly-Eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Creole Pearly-Eye?

Only Congaree National Park, in our data

Congaree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Creole Pearly-Eye sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Creole Pearly-Eye sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Creole Pearly-Eye is recorded against all the insects logged in Congaree National Park (55 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.

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