Starry Night Cracker

Starry Night Cracker

Hamadryas laodamia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

17 Verified sightings at Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park From 2019 to 2026
59 In all 6 parks
March Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Starry Night Cracker

Hamadryas laodamia, the starry night cracker or starry cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Mexico to the Amazon basin, but is most common in lowland forest in the Caribbean area. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
2 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
3 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
4 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
5 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Goiânia 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
2 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Campo Grande 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
4 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Starry Night Cracker in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker sighting in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 80 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Starry Night Cracker in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?

March

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October, 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.

What time of day is best to see a Starry Night Cracker?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Starry Night Cracker sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park the best place to see a Starry Night Cracker?

2nd of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Starry Night Cracker sightings, Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Starry Night Cracker live in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?

Same genus: Hamadryas

The closest relatives of the Starry Night Cracker that you can see in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (genus Hamadryas, Cracker Butterflies) are Red Cracker (about 20%) and Gray Cracker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Starry Night Cracker sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Starry Night Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (17 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.

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