Smyrna blomfildia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Smyrna blomfildia, the Blomfild's beauty, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 6 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blomfild's Beauty sighting in San José on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May and July–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blomfild's Beauty in San José on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blomfild's Beauty sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Blomfild's Beauty sightings, San José ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 10%), San Salvador (El Salvador, about 10%) and Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Blomfild's Beauty that you can see in San José (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Monarch (about 30%), Banded Peacock (about 30%) and Rusty-Tipped Page (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blomfild's Beauty is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (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.
