Pieris canidia
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Pieris canidia, the Indian cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in India, Nepal and Indochina. Pieris rapae is one of the most closely related species in the Pieridae. The male is white to pale cream on its upperside. The base of the forewing, the basal portion of the costa, and the base and upper margin of the cell have a scattering of black scales. It is black from the apex to about the middle of the terminal margin. On the latter the black extends for a very short distance triangularly along the veins. There is a round black spot in interspace 3. The hindwing has a subcostal black spot as in Pieris rapae but is generally larger and more conspicuous, and a series of four or five terminal black spots that vary in size at the apices of the veins.
Underside: the forewing is white; cell and costa are lightly irrorated (speckled) with black scales; apex is somewhat broadly tinged with ochraceous yellow. Interspaces 1, 3 and 5 have conspicuous subquadrate black spots; the spot in interspace 1 sometimes extends out of interspace 1. That in interspace 5 is ill-defined. Hindwing: from pale, almost white, to dark ochraceous, thickly irrorated all over... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Chandigarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Taichung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 5 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Chengdu | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 9 | Daejeon | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 10 | Zhuhai [Macau] | 🇨🇳 China |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Cabbage White sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 71 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Cabbage White in Kathmandu on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month. That is one of Kathmandu's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 280 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Cabbage White sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Indian Cabbage White sightings, Kathmandu has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Chandigarh (India, about 30%) and Tuen Mun (China, about 20%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Indian Cabbage White that you can see in Kathmandu (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Red-Spot Jezebel (about 30%), Red-Based Jezebel (about 10%) and Common Grass Yellow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Cabbage White is recorded against all the insects logged in Kathmandu (36 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.
