Quadrus cerialis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Quadrus cerialis, the common blue-skipper or peppered blue skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Panama to Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests, cloud forests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,400 metres. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Blue-Skipper sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 135th most-seen of the 279 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.
February–March, May, July, September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Blue-Skipper in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April, June, August and October, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Blue-Skipper 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 3 parks where we can rate Common Blue-Skipper sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 10%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Common Blue-Skipper that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Common Mylon (about 30%), Aspernatus Skipper (about 20%) and Southern Sicklewing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Blue-Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (11 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.
