Belenois calypso
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Belenois calypso, the Calypso white or Calypso caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally migrates.
The larvae feed on Semirestis paniculata, Maerua, Cadaba, Capparis and Ritchiea species. B. c. calypso (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Calypso White sighting in Accra on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 30 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Calypso White in Accra on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and October–November, the lowest months.
Only Accra, in our data
Accra is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Calypso White sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Calypso White that you can see in Accra (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are African Migrant (about 30%) and Round-Winged Orange Tip (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Calypso White is recorded against all the insects logged in Accra (6 verified sightings), 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.
