Callicore lyca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Callicore lyca, the Aegina numberwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is usually found from south Mexico to all of Peru. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lyca Numberwing sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 366 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.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lyca Numberwing in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, October and December–May, the lowest months. Those are among Manu National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lyca Numberwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Lyca Numberwing sightings, Manu National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 10%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Catagramma
The closest relatives of the Lyca Numberwing that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Catagramma) are Cynosura Eighty-Eight (about 10%) and Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lyca Numberwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (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.
