Diaethria gabaza
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Diaethria gabaza is a species of butterfly of the genus Diaethria. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1852. It is found from Costa Rica and Guatemala to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The larvae feed on Serjania species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Smudged Eighty-Eight sighting in Chirripó National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 127 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.
January, March and May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Smudged Eighty-Eight in Chirripó National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Smudged Eighty-Eight sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Chirripó National Park, in our data
Chirripó National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Smudged Eighty-Eight sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Diaethria
The closest relatives of the Smudged Eighty-Eight that you can see in Chirripó National Park (genus Diaethria, Eighty-eight Butterflies) are Widespread Eighty-Eight (about 30%), Navy Eighty-Eight (about 10%) and Orange-Striped Eighty-Eight (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Smudged Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in Chirripó National Park (21 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.
