Pontia daplidice
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Pontia daplidice, the Bath white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic region. It is common in central and southern Europe, migrating northwards every summer, often reaching southern Scandinavia and sometimes southern England.
The Bath white is a small white butterfly with a wingspan of 45 to 50 mm. The underside of the hindwing has a pattern of greenish blotches, which is characteristic of the Bath whites and easily identifies it from other pierids.
Sexes can be differentiated by markings on the forewing. The male is differentiated from the female by the markings on the upperside of the forewing. The apex of the forewing is black with white spots and lines. There is a black spot at the end of the cell. In the case of the female, there is an additional discal spot in 1b. The female also has an obscure row of terminal and marginal spots on the upper hindwing.
Description from C. T. Bingham in The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, "Butterflies Volume 2" (1907). Male: Upperside: white. Forewing: basal half of costa narrowly irrorated with black scales, a broad irregular quadrate black spot... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bath White sighting in Jerusalem on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 137 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bath White in Jerusalem on a given day, against under 5% in October to December, the lowest months. That is one of Jerusalem's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 90 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bath 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.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Bath White sightings, Jerusalem has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Ramallah (Palestine, about 20%) and Barcelona (Spain, about 10%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Bath White that you can see in Jerusalem (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Small White (about 30%), Large Salmon Arab Tip (about 30%) and Large White (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bath White is recorded against all the insects logged in Jerusalem (35 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.
