Limenitis mesentina
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Limenitis mesentina sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st most-seen of the 141 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Limenitis mesentina in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June, October and December–April, the lowest months. That is one of Tambopata National Reserve's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 420 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Limenitis mesentina sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Limenitis mesentina sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%), Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 10%) and Manu National Park (Peru, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Limenitis mesentina that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Many-Banded Daggerwing (about 30%), Julia Heliconian (about 20%) and Malachite (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Limenitis mesentina is recorded against all the insects logged in Tambopata National Reserve (9 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.
