Cattleheart White

Cattleheart White

Archonias brassolis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Lago de Yojoa

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%

9 Verified sightings at Lago de Yojoa From 2019 to 2026
9 In 1 park
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Cattleheart White

Archonias is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Archonias brassolis, the cattleheart white, is its sole species. It is found from Central America, south through most of South America. Adults of A. b. approximata have been recorded feeding on the nectar of Eupatorium species. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
2 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cattleheart White in Lago de Yojoa?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cattleheart White sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 152 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Cattleheart White in Lago de Yojoa?

December and January

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cattleheart White in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and June–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Cattleheart White?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cattleheart White sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Cattleheart White?

Only Lago de Yojoa, in our data

Lago de Yojoa is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cattleheart White sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Cattleheart White live in Lago de Yojoa?

Same family: Pieridae

The closest relatives of the Cattleheart White that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Great Southern White (about 20%), Tiger Mimic-White (about 20%) and Orange-Barred Sulphur (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Cattleheart White sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cattleheart White is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (9 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.

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