Satyrus ferula
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Satyrus ferula, the great sooty satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Sooty Satyr sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 619th most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Sooty Satyr in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in October.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Sooty Satyr sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Great Sooty Satyr sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 30%), Ecrins National Park (France, about 20%) and Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%).
Same genus: Satyrus
The closest relatives of the Great Sooty Satyr that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Satyrus) are Satyrus briseis (about 10%) and Black Satyr (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Sooty Satyr is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (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.
