Melete lycimnia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Melete lycimnia, the common melwhite, primrose flag or lycimnia white flag, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Texas in the United States to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests. The wingspan is 52–56 mm (2.0–2.2 in). In all subspecies, females are more yellowish.
The larvae probably feed on Loranthaceae species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Melwhite sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 139th most-seen of the 186 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.
March, May and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Melwhite in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–August and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Melwhite sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Common Melwhite sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Common Melwhite that you can see in Belo Horizonte (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Great Southern White (about 10%), Orange-Barred Sulphur (about 10%) and Ghost Yellow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Melwhite is recorded against all the insects logged in Belo Horizonte (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.
