Paonias astylus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Paonias astylus, the huckleberry sphinx, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Huckleberry Sphinx sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 819th most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Huckleberry Sphinx in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Huckleberry Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Huckleberry Sphinx sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Paonias
The closest relatives of the Huckleberry Sphinx that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (genus Paonias) are Blinded Sphinx (about 10%) and Small-Eyed Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Huckleberry Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains 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.
