Limenitis cytherea
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Limenitis cytherea sighting in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 52 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.
June and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Limenitis cytherea in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–May, July–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Limenitis cytherea sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Limenitis cytherea sightings, Bastimentos Island National Marine Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Cahuita National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Limenitis cytherea that you can see in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 40%), White Peacock (about 30%) and Malachite (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Limenitis cytherea is recorded against all the insects logged in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (6 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.
