Dione glycera
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Dione glycera, the Andean silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in Peru, Venezuela and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Silverspot sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 32 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–February and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Silverspot in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June, September–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Andean Silverspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Andean Silverspot sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Andean Silverspot that you can see in Los Nevados National Natural Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Clysonymus Longwing (about 20%), Corinna Daggerwing (about 20%) and Perisama humboldtii (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Andean Silverspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (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.
