Purple Dancer
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Corcovado National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

9 Verified sightings at Corcovado National Park From 2019 to 2026
105 In all 7 parks
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
2 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
3 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
4 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
5 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
6 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
7 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Purple Dancer in Corcovado National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purple Dancer sighting in Corcovado National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 116 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Purple Dancer in Corcovado National Park?

March

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Purple Dancer in Corcovado National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–June and August–December, the lowest months. That is one of Corcovado National Park's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 770 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Purple Dancer?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where does the Purple Dancer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Purple Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Corcovado National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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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