Parides eurimedes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Parides eurimedes is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is commonly known as the mylotes cattleheart, Arcas cattleheart, pink-checked cattleheart, and true cattleheart. It is native to the Americas. In 2004, Gerardo Lamas combined Parides arcas and Parides timias into Parides eurimedes. He lists the following subspecies:
The wingspan measures 7 to 8.5 cm (2.8 to 3.3 in). P. e. mylotes is black with both sexes having a red patch on the dorsal hindwing. The dorsal forewing of the male has a triangular green patch. The female has a white patch on the dorsal forewing. A full description (as P. arcas and P.timias) is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906) Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a True 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 37th 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a True 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 350 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most True 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.
10th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate True Cattleheart sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 20%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
Same genus: Parides
The closest relatives of the True Cattleheart that you can see in Parque Natural Metropolitano (genus Parides, Cattlehearts) are Anchises 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 True 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.
