Cithaerias pireta
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Cithaerias pireta, the blushing phantom, or the pink tipped glasswing satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico south to South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rusted Clearwing-Satyr sighting in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 33 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Rusted Clearwing-Satyr in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusted Clearwing-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.
3rd of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Rusted Clearwing-Satyr sightings, Pico Bonito National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr that you can see in Pico Bonito National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Common Morpho (about 40%), Pale Owl-Butterfly (about 40%) and Ismenius Tiger (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Pico Bonito National Park (6 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.
