Heliopetes arsalte
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Heliopetes arsalte, commonly known as the veined white-skipper, is a species of spread-wing skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is widely distributed across Central and South America, ranging from Argentina north to Mexico, and occasionally appearing as a rare stray in southern Texas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Veined White-Skipper 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.
January–March and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Veined White-Skipper in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–December, the lowest months. Those are among Lago de Yojoa's driest months, with about 100 mm of rain a month against 320 mm in September.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Veined White-Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lago de Yojoa, in our data
Lago de Yojoa is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Veined White-Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Veined White-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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Veined White-Skipper 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.
