Atrytonopsis ovinia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ovinia Skipper sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 300th most-seen of the 354 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ovinia Skipper in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Saguaro National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against almost none in May.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ovinia Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Saguaro National Park, in our data
Saguaro National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ovinia Skipper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Ovinia Skipper that you can see in Saguaro National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Arizona Powdered-Skipper (about 20%), Funereal Duskywing (about 20%) and Orange Skipperling (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ovinia Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro National Park (9 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.
