Methona confusa
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Methona confusa, the giant glasswing, is a species of clearwinged butterfly in the order Lepidoptera and in the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in some Central and South American countries in regions with forests and mountains.
Methona confusa is in the order Lepidoptera and in the family Nymphalidae. The subfamily is Danainae while it is still not certain where the genus, Methona fits within the Ithomiini tribe. There are 4 subspecies of M. confusa. Two of the subspecies are Methona confusa confusa and Methona confusa psamathe.
Methona confusa has a wingspan of about 11 cm. The wings do not have nanostructures and thus are transparent and reflective. It has black margins and black cross-bars on the forewings and the hindwings. Small white spots are present along the margin of the wing on the underside of the wing while there are also white spots on the abdomen and the thorax. Antennae are black with a yellow tip. M. confusa display Müllerian mimicry and Batesian mimicry through their wings.
To develop from an egg to an adult, it takes M. confusa about 45 days. The white eggs are found in clusters on the bottom side... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Confusa Tigerwing sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 61 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Confusa Tigerwing in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–June and August–October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Confusa Tigerwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Confusa Tigerwing sightings, Podocarpus National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 40%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Confusa Tigerwing that you can see in Podocarpus National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Numata Longwing (about 30%), Pedaliodes pelinna (about 30%) and Blue-Topped Satyr (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Confusa Tigerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Podocarpus National Park (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.
