Hamadryas laodamia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hamadryas laodamia, the starry night cracker or starry cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Mexico to the Amazon basin, but is most common in lowland forest in the Caribbean area. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 412th most-seen of the 506 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Starry Night Cracker sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Starry Night Cracker sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 30%), Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 20%) and Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Starry Night Cracker 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 Starry Night Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (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.
