Posttaygetis penelea
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Posttaygetis is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species is Posttaygetis penelea, which is found in the Neotropical realm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Spiked Ur-Satyr sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 69th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Spiked Ur-Satyr in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Spiked Ur-Satyr sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Yellow-Spiked Ur-Satyr sightings, Soberanía National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Manu National Park (Peru, about 10%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Spiked Ur-Satyr that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Banded Peacock (about 40%), White Peacock (about 30%) 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 Yellow-Spiked Ur-Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (18 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.
