Hypanartia dione
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Mapwing sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 187 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.
July and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Mapwing in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Mapwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Banded Mapwing sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Mapwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (19 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.
