Vanessa carye
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Vanessa carye, the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America, from the mountains of Colombia and west of Caracas (Venezuela) through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, southern Brazil, and Paraguay to Patagonia in Argentina. It is also found on Easter Island and Tuamotus.
The larvae feed on Achyrocline flaccida and many other species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Arequipa | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 6 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Subtropical Lady sighting in Cochabamba on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 31 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Subtropical Lady in Cochabamba on a given day, against about 10% in July, September and November–December, the lowest months. Those are among Cochabamba's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 100 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Subtropical Lady 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 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Subtropical Lady sightings, Cochabamba ranks 2nd at about 60%. The best odds are in La Paz (Bolivia, about 80%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Subtropical Lady that you can see in Cochabamba (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Gulf Fritillary (about 50%), Southern Monarch (about 40%) and Telenassa berenice (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Subtropical Lady is recorded against all the insects logged in Cochabamba (73 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.
