Catonephele acontius
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Catonephele acontius, the Acontius firewing, is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 (who gave the type location as "China", a designation followed by some later authors). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th most-seen of the 306 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and April–May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, July, September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Unspotted Firewing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Unspotted Firewing sightings, Iguazú National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Unspotted Firewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (60 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.
