Siproeta epaphus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Siproeta epaphus, the rusty-tipped page or brown siproeta, is a New World butterfly that lives all year in tropical habitats. It has large wings, averaging 7.0–7.5 cm (2.8–3.0 in), that are black in the inner portion of the top surface and brown throughout the underside. Both surfaces have a bold white transverse stripe continuing across both wings. The outer portion of the forewings, beyond the white stripe, is rusty orange in the widespread subspecies S. epaphus epaphus; it is mostly or entirely black in the other two subspecies. S. epaphus is found throughout Central America, where it is one of the most common butterflies. Its range extends from southern North America to central South America. The range includes (though may not be limited to) south Texas and rarely southern New Mexico south through both eastern and western Mexico to the Guyanas, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 11 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-Tipped Page sighting in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 80 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.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-Tipped Page in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 360 mm in September.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusty-Tipped Page sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Rusty-Tipped Page sightings, Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 30%), Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 30%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Rusty-Tipped Page that you can see in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Cream-Spotted Tigerwing (about 30%), Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (about 30%) 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 Rusty-Tipped Page is recorded against all the insects logged in Cerro Azul Meámbar 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.
