Vanessa carye
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Vanessa carye, the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America, from the mountains of Colombia and west of Caracas (Venezuela) through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, southern Brazil, and Paraguay to Patagonia in Argentina. It is also found on Easter Island and Tuamotus.
The larvae feed on Achyrocline flaccida and many other species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Arequipa | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 6 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay |
No species of the same family or order lives in Península Valdés, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Subtropical Lady sighting in Península Valdés on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September to November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Subtropical Lady in Península Valdés on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, August and December–January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Subtropical Lady sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Subtropical Lady sightings, Península Valdés ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Lauca National Park (Chile, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Subtropical Lady is recorded against all the insects logged in Península Valdés (11 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.
