Xylophanes chiron
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Xylophanes chiron is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1771. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Leafy Sphinx 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.
February, June–August and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Leafy Sphinx in San José on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Leafy Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Leafy Sphinx sightings, San José ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Manaus (Brazil, about 20%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Leafy Sphinx 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.
