Colotis evenina
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Colotis evenina, the common orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Orange Tip sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 153rd most-seen of the 213 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.
January–April and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Orange Tip in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Orange Tip sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Johannesburg, in our data
Johannesburg is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Orange Tip sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Common Orange Tip that you can see in Johannesburg (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Pioneer White (about 20%), Rüppell's Dotted Border (about 10%) and African Migrant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Orange Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (7 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.
