Ramon Blue

Ramon Blue

Hemiargus ramon

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Galápagos Islands

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

256 Verified sightings at Galápagos Islands From 2019 to 2026
256 In 1 park
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lima 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Ramon Blue in Galápagos Islands?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ramon Blue sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 256 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Ramon Blue in Galápagos Islands?

February to April

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ramon Blue in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against about 10% in September, the lowest month. Those are among Galápagos Islands's wettest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.

What time of day is best to see a Ramon Blue?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ramon Blue 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 else can you see a Ramon Blue?

Only Galápagos Islands, in our data

Galápagos Islands is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ramon Blue sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Ramon Blue live in Galápagos Islands?

Same order: Lepidoptera

The closest relatives of the Ramon Blue that you can see in Galápagos Islands (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Monarch (about 20%), Dorantes Longtail (about 20%) and Rustic Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Ramon Blue sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Ramon Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (256 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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