Chlosyne gabbii
In 3 days ~10%
Chlosyne gabbii, or Gabb's checkerspot, is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gabb's Checkerspot sighting in San Diego on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 519th most-seen of the 693 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gabb's Checkerspot in San Diego on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gabb's Checkerspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only San Diego, in our data
San Diego is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gabb's Checkerspot sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Gabb's Checkerspot that you can see in San Diego (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Monarch (about 30%), Mourning Cloak (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 Gabb's Checkerspot is recorded against all the insects logged in San Diego (8 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.
