Dynamine gisella
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Dynamine gisella, commonly known as the Gisella sailor, is a small, strikingly colorful species of brush-footed butterfly native to South America. First described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1857, this insect belongs to the genus Dynamine, a group celebrated for the metallic, radiant coloration of its male specimens. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dynamine gisella sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 121st most-seen of the 366 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.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dynamine gisella in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and July–August, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 60 mm in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dynamine gisella sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Manu National Park, in our data
Manu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dynamine gisella sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dynamine gisella is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (16 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.
