Chlosyne lacinia
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Chlosyne lacinia, the bordered patch or sunflower patch, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The bordered patch is an extremely variable butterfly. The upperside of the wings is mainly black with the forewing having rows of white and/or yellow-orange spots of varying sizes. There is usually one whitish spot in the forewing cell. The hindwing has many color variations. Those variations can be: almost completely black to having some red postmedian spots to having a few rows of white postmedian spots to having an all red-orange discal area to having a yellow-orange postmedian band of varying width. The underside of the wings is just as variable as the upperside. It varies from having a few rows of white and red spots to having a yellow-white hindwing median band of varying width to the underside being mostly golden yellow with large yellow-orange spots and a thick golden-yellow median band. All of these variations have a red spot near the hindwing tornus. Its wingspan ranges from 1+1⁄4 to 1+7⁄8 inches (32 to 48 mm).
Similar species in the bordered patch's range include the crimson patch (Chlosyne janais), the rosita... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 10 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bordered Patch sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bordered Patch in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to March, the lowest months. Those are among Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bordered Patch 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 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Bordered Patch sightings, Big Bend National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%), Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (Mexico, about 20%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Bordered Patch that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Empress Leilia (about 40%), Queen (about 30%) and Limenitis bredowii (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bordered Patch is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (40 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.
