Mechanitis polymnia
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Mechanitis polymnia, the orange-spotted tiger clearwing or disturbed tigerwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon rainforest. The wingspan is 65–75 mm (2.6–3.0 in). The larvae feed on Solanum species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 6 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polymnia Tigerwing sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 72 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–June, August and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Polymnia Tigerwing in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, July, September–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polymnia Tigerwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Polymnia Tigerwing sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 20%), Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Polymnia Tigerwing that you can see in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Malachite (about 40%), Banded Peacock (about 40%) and White Peacock (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polymnia Tigerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (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.
