What are the chances of seeing a Red Mapwing in Los Nevados National Natural Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Mapwing sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 32 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Red Mapwing in Los Nevados National Natural Park?
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Mapwing in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May, July and September–November, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Red Mapwing?
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Mapwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Red Mapwing?
Only Los Nevados National Natural Park, in our data
Los Nevados National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red Mapwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Red Mapwing live in Los Nevados National Natural Park?
Same genus: Hypanartia
The closest relatives of the Red Mapwing that you can see in Los Nevados National Natural Park (genus Hypanartia, Mapwings) are Banded Mapwing (about 10%) and Hypanartia lindigii (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Red Mapwing sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Mapwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (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.