Cocytius duponchel
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Amphonyx duponchel, or Duponchel's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Felipe Poey in 1832. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Duponchel's Sphinx sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 412th most-seen of the 506 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Duponchel's Sphinx in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–July and September–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Duponchel's Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
7th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Duponchel's Sphinx sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Duponchel's Sphinx that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Adhemarius dariensis (about 10%), Brown And Yellow Sphinx (about 10%) and Adhemarius ypsilon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Duponchel's Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (6 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.
