Marpesia chiron
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Marpesia chiron, the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Many-Banded Daggerwing sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 7 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and October–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Many-Banded Daggerwing in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Many-Banded 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.
Among the best
Of the 26 parks where we can rate Many-Banded Daggerwing sightings, Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve ranks 8th at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 30%), Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 30%) and Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Many-Banded Daggerwing that you can see in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 30%), Julia Heliconian (about 20%) and Crimson Patch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Many-Banded Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (9 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.
