Xylophanes cyrene
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Xylophanes cyrene is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1881. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize and south to Oxapampa in Peru. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Xylophanes cyrene 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.
February, April, July, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xylophanes cyrene in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June, August, October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xylophanes cyrene sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, in our data
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Xylophanes cyrene sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Xylophanes
The closest relatives of the Xylophanes cyrene that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (genus Xylophanes) are Brown And Yellow Sphinx (about 10%), Xylophanes germen (about 10%) and Xylophanes hannemanni (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xylophanes cyrene 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.
