Libythea celtis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Libythea celtis, the European beak or nettle-tree butterfly, is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a European Beak sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 174th most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a European Beak in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to January, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most European Beak sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate European Beak sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 20%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the European Beak that you can see in Cévennes National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Speckled Wood (about 30%), Silver-Washed Fritillary (about 30%) and Marbled White (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the European Beak is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (66 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.
