Parides anchises
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Parides anchises, the Anchises cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. It is common and not threatened. The larvae feed on Aristolochia species including: A. brazilsis, A. bukuti, A. colombiana, A. cymbifera, A. fimbriata, A. inflata, A. macroura, A. odora, A. ringens, and A. triangularis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Anchises Cattleheart sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 114 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Anchises Cattleheart in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–April, the lowest months. That is one of Parque Natural Metropolitano's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Anchises Cattleheart 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 Anchises Cattleheart sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%), Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same genus: Parides
The closest relatives of the Anchises Cattleheart that you can see in Parque Natural Metropolitano (genus Parides, Cattlehearts) are True Cattleheart (about 10%) and Emerald-Patched Cattleheart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Anchises Cattleheart is recorded against all the insects logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (15 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.
