Melinaea ludovica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Melinaea ludovica is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melinaea ludovica sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 132 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Melinaea ludovica in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Tijuca National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 180 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Melinaea ludovica sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Melinaea ludovica sightings, Tijuca National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Melinaea ludovica that you can see in Tijuca National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are White Peacock (about 20%), Julia Heliconian (about 10%) and Malachite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Melinaea ludovica is recorded against all the insects logged in Tijuca National Park (31 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.
