Plain Satyr

Plain Satyr

Cissia pompilia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at San Pedro Sula

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

8 Verified sightings at San Pedro Sula
68 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
2 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
3 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
4 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
5 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
6 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
7 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 San Pedro Sula 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Plain Satyr in San Pedro Sula?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Satyr sighting in San Pedro Sula on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 79 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Plain Satyr in San Pedro Sula?

July to September

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Satyr in San Pedro Sula on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June and October–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Plain Satyr?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

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

Where else can you see a Plain Satyr?

Only San Pedro Sula, in our data

San Pedro Sula is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plain Satyr sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Plain Satyr live in San Pedro Sula?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Plain Satyr that you can see in San Pedro Sula (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 30%), White Peacock (about 30%) and Julia Heliconian (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Plain Satyr sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Plain Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in San Pedro Sula (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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