Adelpha basiloides
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Adelpha basiloides, the spot-celled sister, is a species of admirals, sisters in the family of butterflies known as Nymphalidae. It is found in North and Central America. The MONA or Hodges number for Adelpha basiloides is 4527. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Celled Sister sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 114 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 431 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and September–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Celled Sister in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-Celled Sister sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Spot-Celled Sister sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same genus: Limenitis
The closest relatives of the Spot-Celled Sister that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (genus Limenitis) are Limenitis bredowii (about 10%), Red-Spotted Admiral (about 10%) and Limenitis fessonia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-Celled Sister is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (114 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.
