Diaethria clymena
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Diaethria clymena, the Cramer's eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. It was described to science by Pieter Cramer, in a fascicle of De uitlandsche Kapellen, 1775.
The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). The larvae feed on Trema lamarckiana, Trema micrantha, and Theobroma. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 12 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Widespread Eighty-Eight sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 197 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 279 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to June
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Widespread Eighty-Eight in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against about 30% in February, September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Widespread Eighty-Eight 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 13 parks where we can rate Widespread Eighty-Eight sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Diaethria
The closest relatives of the Widespread Eighty-Eight that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (genus Diaethria, Eighty-eight Butterflies) are Number Eighty (about 10%) and Eluina Eighty-Eight (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Widespread Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (197 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.
