Tiger Mimic-Queen

Tiger Mimic-Queen

Lycorea cleobaea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Manu National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

16 Verified sightings at Manu National Park From 2019 to 2026
126 In all 12 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Tiger Mimic-Queen

Lycorea halia cleobaea, the tropical milkweed butterfly, is a subspecies of Lycorea halia, also called the tropical milkweed butterfly, a nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. Its habitat is the tropical rainforest. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~40%
2 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
3 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
5 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
6 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
7 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
8 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
10 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
11 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
12 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Santo Domingo 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~20%
2 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
3 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
6 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Mexico City 🇲🇽 México
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Tiger Mimic-Queen in Manu National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Mimic-Queen 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 83rd 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Tiger Mimic-Queen in Manu National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Mimic-Queen in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and May–July, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 290 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Tiger Mimic-Queen?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiger Mimic-Queen sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Tiger Mimic-Queen live in Manu National Park?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Tiger Mimic-Queen 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.

Where does the Tiger Mimic-Queen sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Tiger Mimic-Queen 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.

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