Tiger Mimic-Queen

Tiger Mimic-Queen

Lycorea cleobaea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at San José

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

8 Verified sightings at San José
126 In all 12 parks From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Tiger Mimic-Queen

Lycorea halia cleobaea, the tropical milkweed butterfly, is a subspecies of Lycorea halia, also called the tropical milkweed butterfly, a nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. Its habitat is the tropical rainforest. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~40%
2 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
3 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
5 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
6 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
7 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
8 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
10 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
11 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
12 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Santo Domingo 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~20%
2 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
3 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
6 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Mexico City 🇲🇽 México
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Tiger Mimic-Queen in San José?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Mimic-Queen sighting in San José on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 158th 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.

When is the best time to see a Tiger Mimic-Queen in San José?

July–August and October–December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Mimic-Queen in San José on a given day, against under 5% in January–June and September, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Tiger Mimic-Queen?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiger Mimic-Queen sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is San José the best place to see a Tiger Mimic-Queen?

5th of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Tiger Mimic-Queen sightings, San José ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 20%), Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%).

Where does the Tiger Mimic-Queen sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Tiger Mimic-Queen is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (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.

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