Catonephele acontius
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Catonephele acontius, the Acontius firewing, is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 (who gave the type location as "China", a designation followed by some later authors). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 117 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.
April and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Unspotted Firewing in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. Those are among Serra dos Órgãos National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 310 mm in November.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Unspotted Firewing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Unspotted Firewing sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Unspotted Firewing that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Dark Owl-Butterfly (about 30%), Melinaea ludovica (about 20%) and White Peacock (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Unspotted Firewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (7 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.
