Helicopis cupido
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Helicopis cupido, the gold-drop helicopis or spangled cupid, is a species of butterfly from the genus Helicopis, it is found in America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spangled Cupid sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 106th most-seen of the 203 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spangled Cupid in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spangled Cupid sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Yasuní National Park, in our data
Yasuní National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spangled Cupid sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Riodinidae
The closest relatives of the Spangled Cupid that you can see in Yasuní National Park (family Riodinidae, Metalmark Butterflies) are Lysippus Metalmark (about 20%), Periander Metalmark (about 10%) and Red-Barred Amarynthis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spangled Cupid is recorded against all the insects logged in Yasuní National Park (8 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.
