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Callizona acesta
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Callizona acesta sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 112th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Callizona acesta in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and June–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Callizona acesta sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Callizona acesta sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Manu National Park (Peru, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Callizona acesta 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 Callizona acesta is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (5 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.
