Dixeia charina
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Dixeia charina, the African small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae and is native to southeastern Africa. The wingspan is 34–40 mm in males and 36–42 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round. Larvae feed on Capparis citrifolia and Capparis sepiaria. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an African Small White sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 287th most-seen of the 401 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.
June, August–September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Small White in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in July, October and December–May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Small White sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Durban, in our data
Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate African Small White sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Dixeia
The closest relatives of the African Small White that you can see in Durban (genus Dixeia) are Small Ant-Heap White (about 10%) and Sulphur Ant-Heap White (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Small White is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (9 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.
