Lerodea arabus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Lerodea arabus, known generally as the violet-clouded skipper or olive-clouded skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Lerodea arabus is 4112. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-Clouded 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 211th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-Clouded Skipper in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, July–September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violet-Clouded 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 Violet-Clouded Skipper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violet-Clouded 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.
