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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly sighting in Ankara on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 32 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly in Ankara on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–April, the lowest months. That is one of Ankara's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 50 mm in May.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cardinal Butterfly 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 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Cardinal Butterfly sightings, Ankara ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 30%) and Budapest (Hungary, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Cardinal Butterfly that you can see in Ankara (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Queen Of Spain Fritillary (about 40%), Painted Lady (about 30%) and Red Admiral (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cardinal Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Ankara (12 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.
