Hamadryas epinome
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Hamadryas epinome, the epinome cracker, is a species of butterfly believed to have originated from Paraguay and also found in a number of other South American countries including Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay. Image Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
Citizen science observations for Hamadryas epinome at iNaturalist Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Epinome Cracker sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 234 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 279 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Epinome Cracker in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February and March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Epinome Cracker 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 2 parks where we can rate Epinome Cracker sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%).
Same genus: Hamadryas
The closest relatives of the Epinome Cracker that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (genus Hamadryas, Cracker Butterflies) are Red Cracker (about 30%) and Gray Cracker (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Epinome Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (234 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.
