Vanessa braziliensis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Vanessa braziliensis, the Brazilian painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 5 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Lady sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 152nd most-seen of the 306 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Lady in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to June, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brazilian Lady sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Brazilian Lady sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 20%), Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Brazilian Lady that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Agathina Emperor (about 70%), Hydaspes Eighty-Eight (about 50%) and Orange Mapwing (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brazilian Lady is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (13 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.
