Chlosyne hippodrome
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Simple Patch sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 46 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.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Simple Patch in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months. That is one of Cañón del Sumidero National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 5 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Simple Patch sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Simple Patch sightings, Cañón del Sumidero National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Chlosyne
The closest relatives of the Simple Patch that you can see in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (genus Chlosyne, Patches and Allies) are Erodyle Checkerspot (about 10%) and Crimson Patch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Simple Patch is recorded against all the insects logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (12 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.
