Smyrna blomfildia
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Smyrna blomfildia, the Blomfild's beauty, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 6 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blomfild's Beauty sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 75th 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.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blomfild's Beauty in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–June and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blomfild's Beauty sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Blomfild's Beauty sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 20%) and Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Blomfild's Beauty that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 30%), Pale Owl-Butterfly (about 30%) and Thick-Tipped Greta (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blomfild's Beauty is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (9 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.
