Hamadryas laodamia
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Hamadryas laodamia, the starry night cracker or starry cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Mexico to the Amazon basin, but is most common in lowland forest in the Caribbean area. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 152 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Starry Night Cracker sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Starry Night Cracker sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 30%), Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 20%) and Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same genus: Hamadryas
The closest relatives of the Starry Night Cracker that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (genus Hamadryas, Cracker Butterflies) are Red Cracker (about 20%), Gray Cracker (about 20%) and Brownish Cracker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Starry Night Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (11 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.
