Parides neophilus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Parides neophilus, the spear-winged cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. The larvae feed on Aristolochia trilobata and Aristolochia colombiana. P. n. neophilus – Guianas, Surinam, southern Venezuela
In the male the cell of the hindwing on the upper surface is red nearly to the base. In both sexes the 2. median of the hindwing arises at the same height as the subcostal. Colombia to Paraguay and South Brazil, but not from Rio de Janeiro to Pernambuco, where P. zacynthus occurs. — eurybates Gray (= euphales Gray) (5c), male with large white spots on the forewing; the red spots on the hindwing not blackish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spear-Winged Cattleheart sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 306 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April–May and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spear-Winged Cattleheart in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spear-Winged Cattleheart sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Spear-Winged Cattleheart sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Manu National Park (Peru, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spear-Winged Cattleheart is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (15 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.
