Chlosyne gabbii
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Chlosyne gabbii, or Gabb's checkerspot, is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gabb's Checkerspot sighting in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 131 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gabb's Checkerspot in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to February, the lowest months. That is one of Channel Islands National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 60 mm in January.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gabb's Checkerspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Channel Islands National Park, in our data
Channel Islands National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gabb's Checkerspot sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Gabb's Checkerspot that you can see in Channel Islands National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Monarch (about 30%), West Coast Lady (about 30%) and American Lady (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gabb's Checkerspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Channel Islands National Park (40 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.
