Marpesia furcula
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Marpesia furcula, the sunset daggerwing or glossy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Argentina. The habitat consists of evergreen rainforests at altitudes up to 1,400 meters. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sunset Daggerwing sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 61 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sunset Daggerwing in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to June, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sunset 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.
Yes
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Sunset Daggerwing sightings, Podocarpus National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
Same genus: Marpesia
The closest relatives of the Sunset Daggerwing that you can see in Podocarpus National Park (genus Marpesia, Daggerwings) are Waiter Daggerwing (about 20%), Many-Banded Daggerwing (about 20%) and Crethon Daggerwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sunset Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Podocarpus National Park (11 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.
