Marpesia chiron
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Marpesia chiron, the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Many-Banded Daggerwing sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 141 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Many-Banded Daggerwing in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in April and September, the lowest months. That is one of Tambopata National Reserve's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 45 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Many-Banded 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.
Among the best
Of the 26 parks where we can rate Many-Banded Daggerwing sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 5th at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 30%), Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 30%) and Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 30%).
Same genus: Marpesia
The closest relatives of the Many-Banded Daggerwing that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (genus Marpesia, Daggerwings) are Crethon Daggerwing (about 20%), Sunset Daggerwing (about 10%) and Orange Daggerwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Many-Banded Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Tambopata National Reserve (65 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.
