Leptophobia aripa
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Leptophobia aripa, the common green-eyed white or mountain white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is native to Mexico, Central America and South America, but strays may be found as far north as southern Texas. Leptophobia aria is very selective of the host they choose to lay their eggs in. [1]
It is a multivoltine species with overlapping generations. Adults feed on flower nectar of various species, including Emilia sonchifolia, Lantana camara and Bidens pilosa. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including Brassica oleracea. Other records include Nasturtium officinale, Tovaria pendula and Tropaeolum moritzianum. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 9 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Eyed White sighting in Montevideo on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 100 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Eyed White in Montevideo on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May and August–September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-Eyed White sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Green-Eyed White sightings, Montevideo ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Toluca (México, about 30%), Mexico City (México, about 30%) and Puebla (México, about 30%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Green-Eyed White that you can see in Montevideo (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Lesbia Clouded Yellow (about 20%), Tailed Sulphur (about 10%) and Deva Yellow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-Eyed White is recorded against all the insects logged in Montevideo (8 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.
