Diaethria anna
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Anna’s Eighty-Eight sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 152 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Anna’s Eighty-Eight in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and December–June, the lowest months.
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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Anna’s Eighty-Eight sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cusuco National Park (Honduras, about 40%) and La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Anna’s Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (7 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.
