Marpesia eleuchea
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Marpesia eleuchea, the Antillean daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the West Indies. Occasional strays can be found in the Florida Keys. The wingspan is 67–83 mm. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Tournefortia, Cordia, Lantana, and Eupatorium species.
The larvae feed on Ficus species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Caribbean Daggerwing sighting in Jaragua National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 19 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Caribbean Daggerwing in Jaragua National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–May, August–September and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Caribbean Daggerwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Jaragua National Park, in our data
Jaragua National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Caribbean Daggerwing sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Caribbean Daggerwing that you can see in Jaragua National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Gulf Fritillary (about 30%), Mexican Fritillary (about 30%) and Dingy Purplewing (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Caribbean Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Jaragua National Park (8 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.
