Glassy-Winged Skipper

Glassy-Winged Skipper

Xenophanes tryxus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Lago de Yojoa

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

6 Verified sightings at Lago de Yojoa From 2019 to 2026
129 In all 6 parks
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
2 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
3 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 São Luís 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Fortaleza 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 San Salvador 🇸🇻 El Salvador
~10%
7 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
8 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
9 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Glassy-Winged Skipper in Lago de Yojoa?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Glassy-Winged Skipper sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 6 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.

When is the best time to see a Glassy-Winged Skipper in Lago de Yojoa?

January

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Glassy-Winged Skipper in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in March to December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Glassy-Winged Skipper?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glassy-Winged Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Glassy-Winged Skipper live in Lago de Yojoa?

Same family: Hesperiidae

The closest relatives of the Glassy-Winged Skipper that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Pythonides jovianus (about 20%), Caribbean Ruby-Eye (about 10%) and Green Flasher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Glassy-Winged Skipper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Glassy-Winged Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (6 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.

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