Ithomia patilla
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Patilla Clearwing sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 302 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April, June and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Patilla Clearwing in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Patilla Clearwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Patilla Clearwing sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 20%) and Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
Same genus: Ithomia
The closest relatives of the Patilla Clearwing that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (genus Ithomia) are Ithomia diasia (about 10%) and Heraldica Clearwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Patilla Clearwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano 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.
