Melanis pixe
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Melanis pixe, the red-bordered pixie, is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Bordered Pixie sighting in San Salvador on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 72 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Bordered Pixie in San Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, September and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of San Salvador's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Bordered Pixie sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Red-Bordered Pixie sightings, San Salvador ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 20%) and Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Red-Bordered Pixie that you can see in San Salvador (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Mexican Cycadian (about 10%) and Sky-Blue Hairstreak (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Bordered Pixie is recorded against all the insects logged in San Salvador (16 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.
