Praepedaliodes phanias
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Praepedaliodes phanias sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 116th most-seen of the 279 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Praepedaliodes phanias in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Praepedaliodes phanias 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 Praepedaliodes phanias sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Praepedaliodes phanias 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 Praepedaliodes phanias is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (13 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.
