Myscelia cyaniris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Myscelia cyaniris, the blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical blue wave, whitened bluewing, or royal blue, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 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 Whitened Bluewing sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 8 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
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Whitened Bluewing in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and June–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Whitened Bluewing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Whitened Bluewing sightings, Lago de Yojoa has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Whitened Bluewing 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 Whitened Bluewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (8 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.
