Doxocopa laurentia
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 El Palmar National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 35 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Turquoise Emperor in El Palmar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to November, 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.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Turquoise Emperor sightings, El Palmar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 20%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Turquoise Emperor that you can see in El Palmar National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Ortilia velica (about 40%), Number Eighty (about 40%) and Gulf Fritillary (about 30%), 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 El Palmar National Park (11 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.
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