Chlosyne gorgone
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Chlosyne gorgone, the gorgone checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gorgone Checkerspot sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 201st most-seen of the 461 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gorgone Checkerspot in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Denver's wettest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gorgone 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 Denver, in our data
Denver is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gorgone Checkerspot sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Gorgone Checkerspot that you can see in Denver (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Painted Lady (about 20%), Monarch (about 20%) and Variegated Fritillary (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gorgone Checkerspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (18 verified sightings), 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.
