Heliconius hortense
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Heliconius hortense, the Mexican longwing, Mexican heliconian or mountain longwing, is a heliconiid butterfly. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Longwing sighting in Guatemala City on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 87 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Longwing in Guatemala City on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June–July and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Guatemala City's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 240 mm in September.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican Longwing 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 Guatemala City, in our data
Guatemala City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mexican Longwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Longwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Guatemala City (15 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.
