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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 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly sighting in Budapest on a given day, based on 97 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 404 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.
June to August
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly in Budapest on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months.
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.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Cardinal Butterfly sightings, Budapest ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Cardinal Butterfly that you can see in Budapest (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Red Admiral (about 20%), Meadow Brown (about 20%) and Queen Of Spain Fritillary (about 20%), 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 Budapest (97 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.
