Catonephele numilia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Catonephele numilia, the blue-frosted banner, blue-frosted Catone, Grecian shoemaker or stoplight Catone, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Central and South America. This butterfly usually flies along the ground and close to the ripe fruits and flowers. It can live a month. Adults feed on rotten fruits, while caterpillars feed on Alchornea species (family Euphorbiaceae).
Catonephele numilia can be found in most of Central and South America. Lamas, G., Ed. (2004) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Gainesville, Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera. Butterflies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Frosted Banner sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 506 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.
May–September and December–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Frosted Banner in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in April and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Frosted Banner sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Blue-Frosted Banner sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%), Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 40%) and Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Frosted Banner that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Common Morpho (about 30%), Clysonymus Longwing (about 30%) and Wide-Bordered Satyr (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Frosted Banner is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (20 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.
