Anartia amathea
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Anartia amathea, the brown peacock (scarlet peacock, red peacock), is a species of nymphalid butterfly, found primarily in South America. This butterfly is very similar to the banded peacock or Anartia fatima, which primarily exists north of the range of Anartia amathea. The type locality is probably Suriname, and the species is found from Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua. It consumes nectar. It is reported as common in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Brazilian highlands, the eastern Amazon, the Guianas, Venezuela, and Panama, as well as Trinidad and other Caribbean islands. North American records are either in error or refer to strays.
Larval host plants are mostly undetermined, but these include the families Acanthaceae and Labiatae. Uniprot Taxonomy Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 11 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 13 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 14 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 15 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 17 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 18 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red Peacock sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 203 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.
April, July–August and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red Peacock in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January and May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Peacock sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Red Peacock sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 8th at about 30%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%), Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 40%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Red Peacock that you can see in Yasuní National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Amber Phantom (about 30%), Godart's Numberwing (about 20%) and Widespread Eighty-Eight (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Peacock is recorded against all the insects logged in Yasuní National Park (66 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.
