Strymon bazochii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Strymon bazochii, the lantana scrub-hairstreak or smaller lantana butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Paraguay north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Texas. It was introduced to Hawaii in 1902 to control Lantana species, in which it has proven unsuccessful.
The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to December. There are two to three generations per year. The larvae feed on Lippia alba and Lippia graveolens in Texas. In Hawaii, they feed on Lantana species and basils. Adults feed on nectar from various flowers, including Bidens alba, Lantana species and Stachytarpheta jamaicensis.
Strymon bazochii generally have metallic, brown wings with speckled, blue hues. Their eyes are grey. There are slight differences between male and female. Male butterflies will display horizontal, white lines on their wings. Females do not exhibit this pattern.
Like other butterflies, lantana scrub-hairstreaks undergo metamorphosis. Eggs are deposited in the plant species of Lantana Urticoides. Within an average of thirty-one days, a caterpillar will have grown and begun... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak sighting in Vitória on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 90th most-seen of the 129 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak in Vitória on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–April, the lowest months. That is one of Vitória's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 200 mm in November.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak sightings, Vitória ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Rosario (Argentina, about 10%).
Same genus: Strymon
The closest relatives of the Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak that you can see in Vitória (genus Strymon, Scrub-Hairstreaks) are Gray-Spotted Scrub-Hairstreak (about 10%), Mottled Scrub-Hairstreak (about 10%) and Cramer’s Scrub-Hairstreak (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak is recorded against all the insects logged in Vitória (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.
