Aporia crataegi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not usually present in the British Isles or northern Scandinavia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 5 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astana | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 2 | Sapporo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Sofia | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | |
| 5 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 7 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Veined White sighting in Sofia on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th most-seen of the 115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Veined White in Sofia on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–May, the lowest months. That is one of Sofia's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 40 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Veined 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.
4th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Black-Veined White sightings, Sofia ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Astana (Kazakhstan, about 20%), Sapporo (Japan, about 10%) and Novosibirsk (Russia, about 10%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Black-Veined White that you can see in Sofia (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Small White (about 10%) and Clouded Yellow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Veined White is recorded against all the insects logged in Sofia (5 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.
