Hypanartia dione
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Mapwing sighting in Los Quetzales National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 56 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Mapwing in Los Quetzales National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Mapwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Banded Mapwing sightings, Los Quetzales National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 10%).
Same genus: Hypanartia
The closest relatives of the Banded Mapwing that you can see in Los Quetzales National Park (genus Hypanartia, Mapwings) are Orange Mapwing (about 10%) and Reddish Mapwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Mapwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Quetzales National Park (30 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.
