Doxocopa laurentia
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Doxocopa laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Turquoise Emperor sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 279 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and September–October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Turquoise Emperor in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Turquoise Emperor 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 5 parks where we can rate Turquoise Emperor sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 4th at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 20%), Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 20%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same genus: Doxocopa
The closest relatives of the Turquoise Emperor that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (genus Doxocopa) are Agathina Emperor (about 70%), Doxocopa linda (about 40%) and Doxocopa kallina (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Turquoise Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (45 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.
