Pyronia cecilia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pyronia cecilia, the southern gatekeeper, is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa. It is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gatekeeper sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 468th 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gatekeeper in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. That is one of Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 260 mm in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Gatekeeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Southern Gatekeeper sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%).
Same genus: Pyronia
The closest relatives of the Southern Gatekeeper that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Pyronia, gatekeepers) are Gatekeeper (about 20%) and Spanish Gatekeeper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Gatekeeper is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (21 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.
