Prepona meander
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Archaeoprepona meander, the Meander prepona, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon basin. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Prepona meander 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 and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Prepona meander in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in February–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Prepona meander 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 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Prepona meander sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Prepona meander 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 Prepona meander 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.
