Phyciodes picta
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Phyciodes picta, the painted crescent, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Phyciodes picta is 4484. 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 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Crescent sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 344th most-seen of the 431 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Crescent in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted Crescent sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 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 Painted Crescent sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Phyciodes
The closest relatives of the Painted Crescent that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (genus Phyciodes, Crescents) are Vesta Crescent (about 10%), Pearl Crescent (about 10%) and Phaon Crescent (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Crescent is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (7 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.
