Hamadryas laodamia
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker sighting in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 33 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–July and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Pico Bonito National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 450 mm in November.
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.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Starry Night Cracker sightings, Pico Bonito National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come 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 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 Starry Night Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Pico Bonito National Park (11 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.
