Quadrus cerialis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Quadrus cerialis, the common blue-skipper or peppered blue skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Panama to Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests, cloud forests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,400 metres. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Blue-Skipper sighting in Maceió on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 67 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Blue-Skipper in Maceió on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and October–January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Blue-Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Maceió, in our data
Maceió is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Blue-Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Common Blue-Skipper that you can see in Maceió (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Dorantes Longtail (about 10%), Long-Tailed Skipper (about 10%) and Tropical Checkered-Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Blue-Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Maceió (12 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.
