Mcclungia cymo
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Mcclungia is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1940. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. The genus is monotypic, containing only Mcclungia cymo named by Jacob Hübner in 1806. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mcclungia cymo sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th 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 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mcclungia cymo in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mcclungia cymo 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 Mcclungia cymo sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Mcclungia cymo that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Agathina Emperor (about 70%), Hydaspes Eighty-Eight (about 50%) and Orange Mapwing (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mcclungia cymo is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (34 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.
