Orange-Rimmed Skipper

Orange-Rimmed Skipper

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Guadalajara

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

34 Verified sightings at Guadalajara
February Best month

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guadalajara 🇲🇽 México
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Orange-Rimmed Skipper in Guadalajara?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Rimmed Skipper sighting in Guadalajara on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 229 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Orange-Rimmed Skipper in Guadalajara?

February

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Rimmed Skipper in Guadalajara on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Guadalajara's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 210 mm in July.

Where else can you see an Orange-Rimmed Skipper?

Only Guadalajara, in our data

Guadalajara is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange-Rimmed Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Orange-Rimmed Skipper live in Guadalajara?

Same family: Hesperiidae

The closest relatives of the Orange-Rimmed Skipper that you can see in Guadalajara (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Dorantes Longtail (about 20%), Tropical Checkered-Skipper (about 10%) and Guava Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Orange-Rimmed Skipper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Orange-Rimmed Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Guadalajara (34 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.

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