Marpesia merops
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Banded Daggerwing 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.
December
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Banded Daggerwing in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Pico Bonito National Park's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain against 80 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-Banded Daggerwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Spot-Banded Daggerwing sightings, Pico Bonito National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Spot-Banded Daggerwing 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 Spot-Banded Daggerwing 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.
