Cyanopepla arrogans
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Cyanopepla arrogans is a moth belonging to the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cyanopepla arrogans sighting in San José on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 138th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cyanopepla arrogans in San José on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cyanopepla arrogans sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cyanopepla arrogans sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cyanopepla
The closest relatives of the Cyanopepla arrogans that you can see in San José (genus Cyanopepla) are Cyanopepla submacula (about 10%) and Cyanopepla scintillans (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cyanopepla arrogans is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (10 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.
