Marpesia marcella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pansy Daggerwing sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 158th most-seen of the 187 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pansy Daggerwing in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–August and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pansy Daggerwing 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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Pansy Daggerwing sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 20%) and Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Pansy Daggerwing that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Mexican Silverspot (about 20%), Common Morpho (about 10%) and Lamplight Actinote (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pansy Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (6 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.
