Dione moneta
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Dione moneta, the Mexican silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae, found from the southern United States to South America. D. moneta has an orange upperside, and the wing bases are brown in color. It has thick, dark veins. The hind wing of the underside of these butterflies is brown and covered in big, silver spots. Its wings span from 3 – 3 and 1/4 inches.
Moneta is a name given to two goddesses from Roman mythology, both representing fortune and wealth. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Silverspot sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 829 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 557 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Silverspot in Mexico City on a given day, against about 10% in June and July, the lowest months. Those are among Mexico City's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican Silverspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Mexican Silverspot sightings, Mexico City ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Toluca (México, about 30%), Puebla (México, about 20%) and Cochabamba (Bolivia, about 20%).
Same genus: Dione
The closest relatives of the Mexican Silverspot that you can see in Mexico City (genus Dione) are Juno Silverspot (about 20%) and Gulf Fritillary (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Silverspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Mexico City (829 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.
