Decora Skipper

Decora Skipper

Parphorus decora

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Iguazú National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

9 Verified sightings at Iguazú National Park From 2019 to 2026
9 In 1 park
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Decora Skipper in Iguazú National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Decora Skipper sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 226th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Decora Skipper in Iguazú National Park?

May

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Decora Skipper in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April, July–September and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Decora Skipper?

Between 2 and 5 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Decora Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Decora Skipper?

Only Iguazú National Park, in our data

Iguazú National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Decora Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Decora Skipper live in Iguazú National Park?

Same family: Hesperiidae

The closest relatives of the Decora Skipper that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Common Mylon (about 40%), Aspernatus Skipper (about 20%) and Southern Sicklewing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Decora Skipper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Decora Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (9 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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