Heraclides hectorides
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Heraclides hectorides sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 306 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Heraclides hectorides in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and July, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Heraclides hectorides 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 2 parks where we can rate Heraclides hectorides sightings, Iguazú National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Heraclides hectorides that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Thoas Swallowtail (about 40%), Astyalus Swallowtail (about 40%) and Ruby-Spotted Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Heraclides hectorides is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (27 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.
