Lerodea arabus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Lerodea arabus, known generally as the violet-clouded skipper or olive-clouded skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Lerodea arabus is 4112. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-Clouded Skipper sighting in Torreón on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th most-seen of the 88 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 and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-Clouded Skipper in Torreón on a given day, against under 5% in January and April–May, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violet-Clouded Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Violet-Clouded Skipper sightings, Torreón has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Monterrey (México, about 10%).
Same genus: Lerodea
The closest relatives of the Violet-Clouded Skipper that you can see in Torreón (genus Lerodea) are Eufala Skipper (about 20%) and Olive-Clouded Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violet-Clouded Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Torreón (29 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.
