Methone cecilia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Methone is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. 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 Methone cecilia sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 246th most-seen of the 366 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.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Methone cecilia in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–June, August and November, 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 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Methone cecilia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 Methone cecilia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Riodinidae
The closest relatives of the Methone cecilia that you can see in Manu National Park (family Riodinidae, Metalmark Butterflies) are Red-Barred Amarynthis (about 30%), Periander Metalmark (about 20%) and Starry Night Metalmark (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Methone cecilia is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (7 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.
