Diaethria anna
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Diaethria anna, also known as Anna's eighty-eight or Finita Burrasca, is a butterfly in wet tropical forests in Middle America. On rare occasions, it can be found as a stray in south Texas. Its upperside is dark brown with a metallic bluish-green band on the forewings. The underside of the forewings are red, which is followed by a wide, black band and then white tips; the underside of the hindwings is white, with lines that approximate a black-outlined "88", giving the species its common name. Its markings occasionally appear more like of "98" or "89".
The caterpillars feed on tropical plants in the families Ulmaceae and Sapindaceae. Adults feed on rotting fruit and dung. Subspecies are: Diaethria anna anna Diaethria anna salvadorensis Species Detail: Anna's Eighty-eight. Butterflies and Moths of North America Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Anna’s Eighty-Eight sighting in La Tigra National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 6 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Anna’s Eighty-Eight in La Tigra National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and August, the lowest months. Those are among La Tigra National Park's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Anna’s Eighty-Eight 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 Anna’s Eighty-Eight sightings, La Tigra National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cusuco National Park (Honduras, about 40%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Anna’s Eighty-Eight that you can see in La Tigra National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Lamplight Actinote (about 30%) and Mexican Longwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Anna’s Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in La Tigra National Park (13 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.
