Enantia lina
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Enantia lina, the white mimic white or lina mimic white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico to most of South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White Mimic-White sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 45th most-seen of the 226 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White Mimic-White in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in May and June, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White Mimic-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.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate White Mimic-White sightings, Porto Alegre has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come São Paulo (Brazil, under 5%) and Buenos Aires (Argentina, under 5%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the White Mimic-White that you can see in Porto Alegre (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Tailed Sulphur (about 20%), Great Southern White (about 20%) and Banded Yellow (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Mimic-White is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (31 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.
