What are the chances of seeing a Ramon Blue in Lima?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ramon Blue sighting in Lima on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 41st most-seen of the 95 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 a Ramon Blue in Lima?
March–April, June and August–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ramon Blue in Lima on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and July, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Ramon Blue?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ramon Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Ramon Blue?
Only Lima, in our data
Lima is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ramon Blue sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Ramon Blue live in Lima?
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Ramon Blue that you can see in Lima (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Leptotes trigemmatus (about 10%) and Marsyas Hairstreak (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Ramon Blue sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ramon Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Lima (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.