Manataria maculata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Satyr sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 46 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.
May and July–August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Satyr in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Cañón del Sumidero National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Spotted Satyr sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate White-Spotted Satyr sightings, Cañón del Sumidero National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 40%) and Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the White-Spotted Satyr that you can see in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Malachite (about 20%), Zebra Longwing (about 20%) and Limenitis iphiclus (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Spotted Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (5 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.
