Dione moneta
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Dione moneta, the Mexican silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae, found from the southern United States to South America. D. moneta has an orange upperside, and the wing bases are brown in color. It has thick, dark veins. The hind wing of the underside of these butterflies is brown and covered in big, silver spots. Its wings span from 3 – 3 and 1/4 inches.
Moneta is a name given to two goddesses from Roman mythology, both representing fortune and wealth. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Silverspot sighting in Los Quetzales National Park on a given day, based on 110 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 56 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Silverspot in Los Quetzales National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Los Quetzales National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 730 mm in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican 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.
Yes
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Mexican Silverspot sightings, Los Quetzales National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (Mexico, about 30%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Mexican Silverspot that you can see in Los Quetzales National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Lamplight Actinote (about 30%), Banded Mapwing (about 20%) and Tracta Sister (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Silverspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Quetzales National Park (110 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.
