Anartia jatrophae
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Anartia jatrophae, the white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. The white peacock's larval hosts are water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri), lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniensis), tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata), frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora), lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata), and Carolina wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniana).
The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants. They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 6 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 10 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock sighting in Valencia, Venezuela on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 82 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October–November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock in Valencia, Venezuela on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–May, the lowest months. Those are among Valencia, Venezuela's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White Peacock sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 41
Of the 41 cities where we can rate White Peacock sightings, Valencia, Venezuela ranks 7th at about 40%. The best odds are in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 50%), São Luís (Brazil, about 50%) and Salvador (Brazil, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Peacock is recorded against all the insects logged in Valencia, Venezuela (20 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.
