Leptophobia aripa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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 San José on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, June, September–October and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Eyed White in San José on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May, July–August and November, 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.
12th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Green-Eyed White sightings, San José ranks 12th 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 San José (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Great Southern White (about 20%), Dark Apricot Sulphur (about 10%) and Cloudless Sulphur (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 San José (12 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.
