Parides bunichus
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Parides bunichus is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. The larva is brownish black, with an oblique white band, extending laterally from the 6th segment to the tubercle
on the 7th. The pupal stage lasts three weeks. The butterfly is very common and is one of the earliest spring species (August). From August to April there are at least three generations. P. b. bunichus (Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina)
In forma echedorus Boisduval the fringes are partly black, at least at the extremities of the veins. The breadth of the white band is variable. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Parides bunichus sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 6 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Parides bunichus in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, against about 40% in May, July and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Serra da Canastra National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 280 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Parides bunichus sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Serra da Canastra National Park, in our data
Serra da Canastra National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Parides bunichus sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Parides bunichus that you can see in Serra da Canastra National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Common Morpho (about 30%) and Red Postman (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Parides bunichus is recorded against all the insects logged in Serra da Canastra National Park (33 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.
