Melitaea deserticola
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Melitaea deserticola, the desert fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt), Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The larvae feed on Linaria aegyptiaca, Plantago media, Anarrhinum fruticosum and Anarrhinum species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Jerusalem | 🇮🇱 Israel |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Fritillary sighting in Jerusalem on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 137 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Fritillary in Jerusalem on a given day, against under 5% in May and August–February, the lowest months.
Only Jerusalem, in our data
Jerusalem is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Desert Fritillary sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Desert Fritillary that you can see in Jerusalem (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Painted Lady (about 30%), Large Wall Brown (about 30%) and Persian Meadow Brown (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Jerusalem (11 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.
