Dione glycera
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Dione glycera, the Andean silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in Peru, Venezuela and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Silverspot sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Silverspot in Quito on a given day, against about 10% in March, the lowest month. That is one of Quito's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 180 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Andean 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.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Andean Silverspot sightings, Quito ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in La Paz (Bolivia, about 30%).
Same genus: Dione
The closest relatives of the Andean Silverspot that you can see in Quito (genus Dione) are Juno Silverspot (about 30%) and Gulf Fritillary (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Andean Silverspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Quito (54 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.
