Polygonia haroldi
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polygonia haroldi sighting in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 21 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Polygonia haroldi in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May, July–August and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polygonia haroldi sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca, in our data
Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Polygonia haroldi sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Polygonia haroldi that you can see in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Monarch (about 90%), Mexican Silverspot (about 30%) and Juno Silverspot (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polygonia haroldi is recorded against all the insects logged in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (5 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.
