Marpesia marcella
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pansy Daggerwing sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 61 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pansy Daggerwing in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and March–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pansy 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.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Pansy Daggerwing sightings, Podocarpus National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same genus: Marpesia
The closest relatives of the Pansy Daggerwing that you can see in Podocarpus National Park (genus Marpesia, Daggerwings) are Waiter Daggerwing (about 20%), Sunset Daggerwing (about 20%) and Many-Banded Daggerwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pansy Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Podocarpus 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.
