Aellopos clavipes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Aellopos clavipes, also known as the clavipes sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clavipes Sphinx sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 145th most-seen of the 431 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.
July to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clavipes Sphinx in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to June, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clavipes Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, in our data
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Clavipes Sphinx sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Clavipes Sphinx that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Walnut Sphinx (about 10%), White-Lined Sphinx (about 10%) and Florestan Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clavipes Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (18 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.
