Vanessa carye
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Vanessa carye, the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America, from the mountains of Colombia and west of Caracas (Venezuela) through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, southern Brazil, and Paraguay to Patagonia in Argentina. It is also found on Easter Island and Tuamotus.
The larvae feed on Achyrocline flaccida and many other species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Arequipa | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 6 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Subtropical Lady sighting in Mendoza on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 47 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Subtropical Lady in Mendoza on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and July, the lowest months. That is one of Mendoza's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 50 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Subtropical Lady sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Subtropical Lady sightings, Mendoza ranks 6th at about 30%. The best odds are in La Paz (Bolivia, about 80%), Cochabamba (Bolivia, about 60%) and Quito (Ecuador, about 50%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Subtropical Lady that you can see in Mendoza (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Gulf Fritillary (about 40%) and Junonia lavinia (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Subtropical Lady is recorded against all the insects logged in Mendoza (21 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.
