Melitaea deione
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Europe and North Africa. The range extends from the Iberian Peninsula to southern France and the Alps in Switzerland and Italy. It is also found in the Atlas Mountains. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Provençal Fritillary sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 58 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th most-seen of the 996 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.
May and July–August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Provençal Fritillary in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. Those are among Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Provençal Fritillary sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Provençal Fritillary sightings, Cévennes National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Mercantour National Park (France, about 10%).
Same genus: Melitaea
The closest relatives of the Provençal Fritillary that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Melitaea) are Spotted Fritillary (about 30%), Glanville Fritillary (about 20%) and Knapweed Fritillary (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Provençal Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (58 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.
