Dione moneta
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Dione moneta, the Mexican silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae, found from the southern United States to South America. D. moneta has an orange upperside, and the wing bases are brown in color. It has thick, dark veins. The hind wing of the underside of these butterflies is brown and covered in big, silver spots. Its wings span from 3 – 3 and 1/4 inches.
Moneta is a name given to two goddesses from Roman mythology, both representing fortune and wealth. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Silverspot sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 49 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 187 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–April and July–August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Silverspot in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican Silverspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Mexican Silverspot sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 6th at about 20%. The best odds are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (Mexico, about 30%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Mexican Silverspot that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Common Morpho (about 10%), Lamplight Actinote (about 10%) and Rusty-Tipped Page (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Silverspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (49 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.
