Nelone cadmeis silhouette

Silhouette: Frederick William Frohawk (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Itatiaia National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

12 Verified sightings at Itatiaia National Park From 2019 to 2026
12 In 1 park
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
2 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Nelone cadmeis in Itatiaia National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Nelone cadmeis sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 60 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.

When is the best time to see a Nelone cadmeis in Itatiaia National Park?

February and April

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Nelone cadmeis in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–September, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Nelone cadmeis?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nelone cadmeis 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 Nelone cadmeis?

Only Itatiaia National Park, in our data

Itatiaia National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Nelone cadmeis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Nelone cadmeis live in Itatiaia National Park?

Same order: Lepidoptera

The closest relatives of the Nelone cadmeis that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Imperial Moth (about 30%), Waiter Daggerwing (about 20%) and Pantherodes pardalaria (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Nelone cadmeis sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Nelone cadmeis is recorded against all the insects logged in Itatiaia National Park (12 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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