Amiga arnaca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Amiga is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae erected by Shinichi Nakahara, Keith R. Willmott and Marianne Espeland in 2019. Amiga arnaca, formerly of the genus Chloreuptychia, is the only species in the genus Amiga. In 2019, Nakahara et al. described this new genus after molecular phylogenetic research showed it was not closely related to the other species of Chloreuptychia.
Amiga arnaca is found from southern Mexico through most of Central and South America to southern Brazil, and is common in rain and cloud forests. The larvae feed on grasses, including Eleusine, Ichnanthus, Lasiacis, Oplismenus, and Paspalum. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Topped Satyr sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 290th most-seen of the 378 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.
April, June and October–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Topped Satyr in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May and July–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Topped Satyr sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-Topped Satyr sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 30%), Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Topped Satyr that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 40%), Red-Washed Satyr (about 30%) and Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Topped Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National 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.
