Pinacopteryx eriphia
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Pinacopteryx is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing Pinacopteryx eriphia, the zebra white. The wingspan is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round. Larvae feed on Maerua cafra, Boscia species, Capparis oleoides, and Maerua triphylla.
Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia (Godart, [1819]) (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania) Pinacopteryx eriphia mabillei (Aurivillius, [1898]) (Madagascar) Pinacopteryx eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, central Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, northern Uganda, northern Tanzania)
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 8 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zebra White sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 213 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Zebra White in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in February and June–December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zebra White sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Zebra White sightings, Johannesburg ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 20%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Zebra White 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 Zebra White is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (34 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.
