Safflower Skipper

Safflower Skipper

Pyrgus fritillarius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Cévennes National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

15 Verified sightings at Cévennes National Park From 2019 to 2026
77 In all 4 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
3 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Safflower Skipper in Cévennes National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Safflower Skipper sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 493rd 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Safflower Skipper in Cévennes National Park?

June

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Safflower Skipper in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Safflower Skipper?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Safflower Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Safflower Skipper live in Cévennes National Park?

Same genus: Pyrgus

The closest relatives of the Safflower Skipper that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Pyrgus, Grizzled Skippers) are Southern Grizzled Skipper (about 10%), Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper (about 10%) and Carline Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Safflower Skipper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Safflower Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (15 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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