Prepona meander
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Archaeoprepona meander, the Meander prepona, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon basin. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Prepona meander sighting in Chirripó National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 103rd most-seen of the 127 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Prepona meander in Chirripó National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and September–January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Prepona meander 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 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Prepona meander sightings, Chirripó National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Prepona meander that you can see in Chirripó National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Drucina leonata (about 30%), Pansy Daggerwing (about 30%) and Widespread Eighty-Eight (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Prepona meander is recorded against all the insects logged in Chirripó National Park (7 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.
