Widespread Eighty-Eight

Widespread Eighty-Eight

Diaethria clymena

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

7 Verified sightings at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve From 2019 to 2026
574 In all 13 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Widespread Eighty-Eight

Diaethria clymena, the Cramer's eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. It was described to science by Pieter Cramer, in a fascicle of De uitlandsche Kapellen, 1775.

The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). The larvae feed on Trema lamarckiana, Trema micrantha, and Theobroma. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
2 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
3 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
4 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
5 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
6 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
7 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
8 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
9 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
10 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
11 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
12 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
13 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
2 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Widespread Eighty-Eight in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Widespread Eighty-Eight sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 45 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Widespread Eighty-Eight in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

July

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Widespread Eighty-Eight in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June, September and November–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Widespread Eighty-Eight?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

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

Which relatives of the Widespread Eighty-Eight live in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Widespread Eighty-Eight that you can see in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Many-Banded Daggerwing (about 30%), Crethon Daggerwing (about 30%) and Ruddy Daggerwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Widespread Eighty-Eight sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Widespread Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (7 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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