Panacea prola
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Panacea prola, the prola beauty or red flasher, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to southern Brazil, but is most common in the foothills of the eastern Peruvian Andes. The wingspan is 65–75 mm. The underside of the hindwings is bright red without markings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Flasher sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 141 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August–September and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Flasher in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–June and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Flasher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Red Flasher sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%) and Manu National Park (Peru, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Red Flasher 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 Red Flasher is recorded against all the insects logged in Tambopata National Reserve (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.
