Tiger Mimic-Queen

Tiger Mimic-Queen

Lycorea cleobaea

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

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

5 Verified sightings at Iguazú National Park From 2019 to 2026
126 In all 12 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Tiger Mimic-Queen

Lycorea halia cleobaea, the tropical milkweed butterfly, is a subspecies of Lycorea halia, also called the tropical milkweed butterfly, a nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. Its habitat is the tropical rainforest. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~40%
2 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
3 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
5 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
6 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
7 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
8 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
10 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
11 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
12 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Santo Domingo 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~20%
2 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
3 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
6 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Mexico City 🇲🇽 México
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Tiger Mimic-Queen in Iguazú National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Mimic-Queen sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 269th 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 Tiger Mimic-Queen in Iguazú National Park?

May

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Mimic-Queen in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Tiger Mimic-Queen?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiger Mimic-Queen sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Iguazú National Park the best place to see a Tiger Mimic-Queen?

10th of 12

Of the 12 parks where we can rate Tiger Mimic-Queen sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 40%), Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 20%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Tiger Mimic-Queen live in Iguazú National Park?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Tiger Mimic-Queen 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.

Where does the Tiger Mimic-Queen sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Tiger Mimic-Queen is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (5 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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