Colias lesbia
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Colias lesbia is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. Specimens from south Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina differ so little that they cannot be separated. This form is in the male dark orange yellow, specimens with violet reflections are not rare; the black-brown distal margin is not sharply defined proximally. The under surface with the exception of the reddish middle of the forewing is vivid yellow with the usual Colias marking. The ground colour of the upper surface in the females is very variable: orange yellow, yellow, yellowish or white with grey dusting; greenish-grey specimens also occur.
Flies from November to January. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesbia Clouded Yellow sighting in El Palmar National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 35 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lesbia Clouded Yellow in El Palmar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and October–February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesbia Clouded Yellow sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only El Palmar National Park, in our data
El Palmar National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lesbia Clouded Yellow sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Lesbia Clouded Yellow that you can see in El Palmar National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Ortilia velica (about 40%), Number Eighty (about 40%) and Gulf Fritillary (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesbia Clouded Yellow is recorded against all the insects logged in El Palmar National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
