Anartia jatrophae
In 3 days ~90% 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 50% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock sighting in Los Haitises National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 15 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock in Los Haitises National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August and December, the lowest months. That is one of Los Haitises National Park's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against 50 mm in February. September has too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 52 parks where we can rate White Peacock sightings, Los Haitises National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 40%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the White Peacock that you can see in Los Haitises National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Zebra Longwing (about 50%), Malachite (about 50%) and Tiger Mimic-Queen (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Peacock is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Haitises National Park (19 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.
