Chlosyne damoetas
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas, the rockslide checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America, from British Columbia and Alberta to Wyoming and Colorado. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rockslide Checkerspot sighting in Glacier National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 107th most-seen of the 147 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rockslide Checkerspot in Glacier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rockslide Checkerspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Glacier National Park, in our data
Glacier National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rockslide Checkerspot sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rockslide Checkerspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Glacier National Park (12 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.
