Catonephele acontius
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~80%
Catonephele acontius, the Acontius firewing, is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 (who gave the type location as "China", a designation followed by some later authors). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th 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 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and April–May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, July–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Unspotted Firewing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 Unspotted Firewing 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%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Unspotted Firewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (47 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.
