Iphiclides feisthamelii
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Iphiclides feisthamelii, the southern scarce swallowtail, southern swallowtail or Iberian scarce swallowtail, is a butterfly found in Italy, Slovenia, southern France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria Tunisia and Serbia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of I. podalirius.
The larva feeds on Prunus amygdalus (almond), P. persica (peach), P. insititia (a kind of plum), P. longipes, Pyrus communis (common pear), Malus domesticus (apple) and Crataegus oxyacantha. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
Iphiclides feisthamelii on Guy Padfield's Butterfly Page Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sighting in Algiers on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 48th most-seen of the 133 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail in Algiers on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. That is one of Algiers's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 90 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sightings, Algiers ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Barcelona (Spain, about 20%) and Madrid (Spain, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Iberian Scarce Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Algiers (14 verified sightings), 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.
