Manataria maculata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Satyr sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 506 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, July and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Satyr in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, September and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Spotted 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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate White-Spotted Satyr sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 40%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the White-Spotted Satyr 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 White-Spotted Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (31 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.
