Paula's Clearwing

Paula's Clearwing

Oleria paula

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

6 Verified sightings at San Salvador
6 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 San Salvador 🇸🇻 El Salvador
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Paula's Clearwing in San Salvador?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Paula's Clearwing sighting in San Salvador on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Paula's Clearwing in San Salvador?

May–June, August and October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Paula's Clearwing in San Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in July, September and November–April, the lowest months. Those are among San Salvador's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.

What time of day is best to see a Paula's Clearwing?

Between 8 and 11 am

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

Where else can you see a Paula's Clearwing?

Only San Salvador, in our data

San Salvador is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Paula's Clearwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Paula's Clearwing live in San Salvador?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Paula's Clearwing that you can see in San Salvador (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 30%), Thick-Tipped Greta (about 20%) and Dirce Beauty (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Paula's Clearwing sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Paula's Clearwing is recorded against all the insects logged in San Salvador (6 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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