Guava Skipper

Guava Skipper

Phocides lilea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Puebla

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

15 Verified sightings at Puebla
12 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
2 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 León 🇲🇽 México
~20%
2 San Luis Potosí 🇲🇽 México
~10%
3 Puebla 🇲🇽 México
~10%
4 Mexico City 🇲🇽 México
~10%
5 Guadalajara 🇲🇽 México
~10%
6 Monterrey 🇲🇽 México
~10%
7 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Guava Skipper in Puebla?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Guava Skipper sighting in Puebla on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 41st most-seen of the 118 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Guava Skipper in Puebla?

February, July and October

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Guava Skipper in Puebla on a given day, against under 5% in April, September and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Guava Skipper?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Guava Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Puebla the best place to see a Guava Skipper?

3rd of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Guava Skipper sightings, Puebla ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in León (México, about 20%) and San Luis Potosí (México, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Guava Skipper live in Puebla?

Same family: Hesperiidae

The closest relatives of the Guava Skipper that you can see in Puebla (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Dorantes Longtail (about 20%), Pale Sicklewing (about 10%) and Southern Skipperling (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Guava Skipper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Guava Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Puebla (15 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.

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