Melanis pixe
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Melanis pixe, the red-bordered pixie, is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Bordered Pixie sighting in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 77 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.
August and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Bordered Pixie in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí on a given day, against under 5% in January to June, the lowest months. Those are among Biotopo Cerro Cahuí's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in March.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Bordered Pixie sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Red-Bordered Pixie sightings, Biotopo Cerro Cahuí ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Red-Bordered Pixie that you can see in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Elkalyce comyntas (about 20%) and Mexican Cycadian (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Bordered Pixie is recorded against all the insects logged in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (11 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.
