Anartia jatrophae
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Anartia jatrophae, the white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. The white peacock's larval hosts are water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri), lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniensis), tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata), frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora), lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata), and Carolina wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniana).
The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants. They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 6 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 10 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock sighting in Brasilia on a given day, based on 76 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 102 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.
January to April
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock in Brasilia on a given day, against about 10% in July–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Brasilia's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White Peacock sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 41
Of the 41 cities where we can rate White Peacock sightings, Brasilia ranks 12th at about 30%. The best odds are in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 50%), São Luís (Brazil, about 50%) and Salvador (Brazil, about 40%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the White Peacock that you can see in Brasilia (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Coconut Caterpillar (about 20%), Gulf Fritillary (about 20%) and Polymnia Tigerwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Peacock is recorded against all the insects logged in Brasilia (76 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.
