Cithaerias pireta
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Cithaerias pireta, the blushing phantom, or the pink tipped glasswing satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico south to South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rusted Clearwing-Satyr sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 72 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.
October to January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rusted Clearwing-Satyr in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in June to August, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusted Clearwing-Satyr sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Rusted Clearwing-Satyr sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 30%) and Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr 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 Rusted Clearwing-Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (22 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.
