Glassy-Winged Skipper

Glassy-Winged Skipper

Xenophanes tryxus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at San Salvador

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

12 Verified sightings at San Salvador
129 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
2 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
3 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 São Luís 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Fortaleza 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 San Salvador 🇸🇻 El Salvador
~10%
7 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
8 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
9 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Glassy-Winged Skipper in San Salvador?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Glassy-Winged Skipper sighting in San Salvador on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 72 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Glassy-Winged Skipper in San Salvador?

November

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Glassy-Winged Skipper in San Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in January and March–May, the lowest months. That is one of San Salvador's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 280 mm in September.

What time of day is best to see a Glassy-Winged Skipper?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glassy-Winged Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is San Salvador the best place to see a Glassy-Winged Skipper?

6th of 10

Of the 10 cities where we can rate Glassy-Winged Skipper sightings, San Salvador ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in São Paulo (Brazil, about 20%), São Luís (Brazil, about 20%) and Curitiba (Brazil, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Glassy-Winged Skipper live in San Salvador?

Same family: Hesperiidae

The closest relatives of the Glassy-Winged Skipper that you can see in San Salvador (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Long-Tailed Skipper (about 10%) and Alana White-Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Glassy-Winged Skipper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Glassy-Winged Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in San Salvador (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.

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