Heraclides hectorides
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Heraclides hectorides sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 75th most-seen of the 279 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June, August and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Heraclides hectorides in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, July and October, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Heraclides hectorides sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Heraclides hectorides sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Heraclides hectorides that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Thoas Swallowtail (about 30%), Astyalus Swallowtail (about 30%) and Ruby-Spotted Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Heraclides hectorides is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (24 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.
