Pieriballia viardi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Pieriballia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae erected by Alexander Barrett Klots in 1933. Its only species, Pieriballia viardi, the painted white or viardi white, was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay. Strays can be found in southern Texas in the United States. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloud forests.
The wingspan is about 57 mm (2.2 in). The larvae feed on Capparis pseudocacao. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted White sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 152 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Painted White in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and July–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Painted White sightings, Lago de Yojoa has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Painted 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted White is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (6 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.
