Spathilepia clonius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Spathilepia is a butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). The genus is monotypic containing the single species Spathilepia clonius found in Texas, Central America and Colombia to Brazil and Argentina. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Falcate Skipper sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 100th most-seen of the 226 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.
March and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Falcate Skipper in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in January and July–November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Falcate Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Porto Alegre, in our data
Porto Alegre is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Falcate Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Falcate Skipper that you can see in Porto Alegre (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Fiery Skipper (about 20%), Dorantes Longtail (about 20%) and Tropical Checkered-Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Falcate Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (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.
