Catonephele acontius
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Catonephele acontius, the Acontius firewing, is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 (who gave the type location as "China", a designation followed by some later authors). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 13 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.
July and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Manu National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Unspotted Firewing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Unspotted Firewing sightings, Manu National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%), Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Unspotted Firewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (13 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.
