Heliconius clysonymus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Heliconius clysonymus, the Clysonymus longwing, yellow longwing or montane longwing, is a species of Heliconius butterfly found in Central and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clysonymus Longwing sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 88th most-seen of the 187 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, September and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clysonymus Longwing in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clysonymus 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.
7th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Clysonymus Longwing sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 30%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
Same genus: Heliconius
The closest relatives of the Clysonymus Longwing that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (genus Heliconius, Longwings and Heliconians) are Cydno Longwing (about 10%), Ismenius Tiger (about 10%) and Red Postman (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clysonymus Longwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (8 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.
