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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Split-Banded Owl-Butterfly sighting in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 75 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Split-Banded Owl-Butterfly in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Split-Banded Owl-Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Split-Banded Owl-Butterfly sightings, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Split-Banded Owl-Butterfly that you can see in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Many-Banded Daggerwing (about 30%), Common Morpho (about 20%) and Banded Peacock (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Split-Banded Owl-Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (7 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.
