Mazarine Blue

Mazarine Blue

Cyaniris semiargus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Aigüestortes National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

17 Verified sightings at Aigüestortes National Park From 2019 to 2026
312 In all 9 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Mazarine Blue

Cyaniris semiargus, the Mazarine blue, is a Palearctic butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. There was a large native population in Britain in the early part of the 19th century, but it disappeared before the 20th century, though single vagrants have been spotted, and some estimates of British resident extinction... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~30%
2 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
3 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
4 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
5 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~20%
6 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
2 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%
3 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
4 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
5 Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mazarine Blue in Aigüestortes National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mazarine Blue sighting in Aigüestortes National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 79th most-seen of the 256 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Mazarine Blue in Aigüestortes National Park?

June

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Mazarine Blue in Aigüestortes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and August–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Mazarine Blue?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mazarine Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Mazarine Blue live in Aigüestortes National Park?

Same family: Lycaenidae

The closest relatives of the Mazarine Blue that you can see in Aigüestortes National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Sooty Copper (about 40%), Scarce Copper (about 40%) and Chalkhill Blue (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Mazarine Blue sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mazarine Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Aigüestortes National Park (17 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.

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