Cissia rubricata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cissia rubricata, the red satyr, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae described by William Henry Edwards in 1871. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Satyr sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 155th most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Satyr in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–February, the lowest months. Those are among Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in April.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Satyr sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Red Satyr sightings, Big Bend National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Red Satyr 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 Red Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (13 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.
