Methona themisto
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Methona themisto, common name themisto amberwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 132 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.
May and July–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Themisto Amberwing in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Themisto Amberwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Themisto Amberwing sightings, Tijuca National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%), Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Themisto Amberwing that you can see in Tijuca National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are White Peacock (about 20%), Julia Heliconian (about 10%) and Melinaea ludovica (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Themisto Amberwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Tijuca National Park (12 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.
