Eunica tatila
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Eunica tatila, the Florida purplewing, is a species of tropical brushfoot in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Americas from southern Texas and southern Florida down through Argentina. The MONA or Hodges number for Eunica tatila is 4533. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florida Purplewing sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 431 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.
April, July–October and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florida Purplewing in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Florida Purplewing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Florida Purplewing sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%), Everglades National Park (United States, about 20%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Florida Purplewing that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Zebra Longwing (about 30%), Monarch (about 30%) and Queen (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Florida Purplewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (25 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.
