Historis odius
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Historis odius, the orion cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. This species can be found in North America.The MONA or Hodges number for Historis odius is 4545. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 2 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 13 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 15 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 18 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 21 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 22 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orion Cecropian sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 366 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orion Cecropian in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month. That is one of Manu National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 290 mm in February.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orion Cecropian sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Orion Cecropian sightings, Manu National Park ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Ciénaga de Zapata (Cuba, about 40%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Orion Cecropian that you can see in Manu National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Malachite (about 30%), Julia Heliconian (about 20%) and White Peacock (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orion Cecropian is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (32 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.
