Pieris brassicae
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.
The large white is common throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia. The large white is common throughout Europe, north Africa, and Asia to the Himalayas often in agricultural areas, meadows and parkland. It has managed to establish a population in South Africa and in 1995 it was predicted to spread to Australia and New Zealand.
The large white is a strong flier and the British population has been reinforced in most years by migrations from the continent. Scattered reports of the large white from the north-eastern United States (New York, Rhode Island and Maine) over the past century are of a dubious nature and indicate either accidental transport or intentional release. Such introductions threaten to establish this agricultural pest in North America.
In 2010 the butterfly was found in Nelson, New Zealand where it is known as the great white butterfly. It is classed as an unwanted pest due to the potential effect on crops. For... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 12 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 14 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yerevan | 🇦🇲 Armenia | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Athens | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 4 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Jerusalem | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 6 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 8 | Antalya | 🇹🇷 Turkey | |
| 9 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Large White sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 113 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Large White in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large 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.
5th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Large White sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 30%), Table Mountain National Park (South Africa, about 20%) and Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 20%).
Same genus: Pieris
The closest relatives of the Large White that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (genus Pieris, Garden Whites) are Small White (about 20%) and Green-Veined White (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large White is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (113 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.
