Pontia glauconome
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pontia glauconome, the desert white or desert Bath white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, the Middle East, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the southern part of the former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The habitat consists of sub-deserts.
The wingspan is 45–50 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October, in three to four generations per year. The larvae feed on Epicastrum arabicum, Zilla spinosa, Caylusia, Dipterygium, Erucastrum, Moracandia, Diplotaxis, Cleome and Ochradenus species. The pupae have a facultative diapause of at least four years. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 Kuwait |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert White sighting in Kuwait City on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 47 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Desert White in Kuwait City on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Only Kuwait City, in our data
Kuwait City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Desert White sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert White is recorded against all the insects logged in Kuwait City (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.
