Pyrrhopyge araxes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Apyrrothrix araxes, also known as the dull firetip and the golf-club skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only butterfly in the subfamily Pyrrhopyginae that occurs in the United States. It is also sometimes found in Mexico. They usually perch with their wings fully or partly open. Adults are very fond of flowers. Their flight is direct and quite fast, usually flying high above trees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dull Firetip sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 248th most-seen of the 557 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.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dull Firetip in Mexico City on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Mexico City's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dull Firetip sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mexico City, in our data
Mexico City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dull Firetip sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Dull Firetip that you can see in Mexico City (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Dorantes Longtail (about 20%), Pale Sicklewing (about 10%) and Guava Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dull Firetip is recorded against all the insects logged in Mexico City (27 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.
