Marpesia furcula
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Marpesia furcula, the sunset daggerwing or glossy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Argentina. The habitat consists of evergreen rainforests at altitudes up to 1,400 meters. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sunset Daggerwing sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 130th 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sunset Daggerwing in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, August and November–January, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 290 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sunset Daggerwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Sunset Daggerwing sightings, Manu National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 20%), Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
Same genus: Marpesia
The closest relatives of the Sunset Daggerwing that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Marpesia, Daggerwings) are Many-Banded Daggerwing (about 20%), Crethon Daggerwing (about 10%) and Orange Daggerwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sunset Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (11 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.
