Polyommatus daphnis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Polyommatus daphnis, the Meleager's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. These butterflies inhabit grassy and bushy areas, clearings in scrubland and open flowery meadows in hills, at an elevation of 200–1,700 metres (660–5,580 ft) above sea level. Polyommatus daphnis has a wingspan of 36–38 millimetres (1.4–1.5 in). These small butterflies present a sexual dimorphism. The upperside of the wings is bright blue in males, while in the females it is usually blue bordered with dark brown. The underside of the wings tends to be pale ocher in the females and grey-bluish in the males, with black spots surrounded by white. The hindwings... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Meleager's Blue sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 590th 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.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Meleager's Blue in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in October.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Meleager's Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cévennes National Park, in our data
Cévennes National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Meleager's Blue sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Polyommatus
The closest relatives of the Meleager's Blue that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Polyommatus) are Common Blue (about 30%) and Chapman's Blue (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Meleager's Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (13 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.
