Taygetis mermeria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Taygetis mermeria, the mermeria wood nymph, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Neotropical realm from Mexico to Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Taygetis mermeria sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Taygetis mermeria in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February–June and August–November, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Taygetis mermeria sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Tambopata National Reserve, in our data
Tambopata National Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Taygetis mermeria sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Taygetis mermeria 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 Taygetis mermeria is recorded against all the insects logged in Tambopata National Reserve (6 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.
