Smyrna blomfildia
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Smyrna blomfildia, the Blomfild's beauty, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 6 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blomfild's Beauty sighting in Tegucigalpa on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 30 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.
January, August and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blomfild's Beauty in Tegucigalpa on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–June, September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blomfild's Beauty sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Blomfild's Beauty sightings, Tegucigalpa has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come San Salvador (El Salvador, about 10%) and Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Blomfild's Beauty that you can see in Tegucigalpa (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 20%), Juno Silverspot (about 20%) and Dingy Purplewing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blomfild's Beauty is recorded against all the insects logged in Tegucigalpa (7 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.
