Heliconius hecale
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Heliconius hecale, the tiger longwing, Hecale longwing, golden longwing or golden heliconian, is a heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 18 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Longwing sighting in Santa Rosa National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 25 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Longwing in Santa Rosa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiger Longwing 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 19 parks where we can rate Tiger Longwing sightings, Santa Rosa National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Tiger Longwing that you can see in Santa Rosa National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Malachite (about 20%), Ruddy Daggerwing (about 20%) and Mexican Fritillary (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tiger Longwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Santa Rosa National Park (15 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.
