Zegris eupheme
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The sooty orange tip (Zegris eupheme) is a Palearctic Pieridae butterfly that has a range that extends through southern Europe, southwest Europe, northern Africa, East Kazakhstan and Asia Minor. Global warming currently seems to be extending its range to the north. The habitat consists of open flowery grasslands amongst hills.
The wingspan is 46–50 mm (1.8–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from mid-March to mid-June in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Sinapis incana, Raphanus, Sisymbrium polymorphum and Camelina laxa. In Morocco, the species is particularly associated with woad (Isatis tinctoria), and is found at mid and high elevations in the Middle and High Atlas Mountains. Larvae are often found on the same individual host plant as caterpillars of Euchloe, Pieris rapae and Pieris brassicae. Compared to these other pierines, Z. eupheme is associated with very stable environments.
Zegris eupheme from south-eastern Russia, Armenia and the Alatau, is above white with dark apex to the forewing, bearing an orange-red spot, the black median spot of the forewing being halfmoon shaped. The orange spot is usually smaller in the female, being sometimes absent... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Orange Tip sighting in Madrid on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 148th most-seen of the 457 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Orange Tip in Madrid on a given day, against under 5% in June to February, the lowest months.
Only Madrid, in our data
Madrid is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sooty Orange Tip sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Sooty Orange Tip that you can see in Madrid (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Small White (about 20%), Clouded Yellow (about 20%) and Bath White (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sooty Orange Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in Madrid (33 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.
