Aporia crataegi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not usually present in the British Isles or northern Scandinavia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 5 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astana | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 2 | Sapporo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Sofia | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | |
| 5 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 7 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Veined White sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 94th most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Veined White in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Veined 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.
11th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Black-Veined White sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%), Ecrins National Park (France, about 30%) and Vanoise National Park (France, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Black-Veined White that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Clouded Yellow (about 20%), Common Brimstone (about 20%) and Bath White (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Veined White is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (45 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.
