Adelpha basiloides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Adelpha basiloides, the spot-celled sister, is a species of admirals, sisters in the family of butterflies known as Nymphalidae. It is found in North and Central America. The MONA or Hodges number for Adelpha basiloides is 4527. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Celled Sister sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 69 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.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Celled Sister in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, May–June and August–November, the lowest months. That is one of Manuel Antonio National Park's driest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 950 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-Celled Sister sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 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 Spot-Celled Sister sightings, Manuel Antonio National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 20%), Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (Mexico, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Spot-Celled Sister that you can see in Manuel Antonio National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 30%), Hewitson's Longwing (about 20%) and Amathonte Morpho (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-Celled Sister is recorded against all the insects logged in Manuel Antonio National Park (7 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.
