Paches loxus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Glorious Blue-Skipper sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 253 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Glorious Blue-Skipper in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–July and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Soberanía National Park's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glorious Blue-Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Glorious Blue-Skipper sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Glorious Blue-Skipper that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Cobalus calvina (about 10%), Pompeius Skipper (about 10%) and Social Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Glorious Blue-Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (5 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.
