Hyponephele lycaon
Silhouette: Mattia Menchetti · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is broadly distributed in the temperate zone of the Palearctic from Portugal in the west to the Russian Far East in the east.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various grasses. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Meadow Brown sighting in Moscow on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 413th most-seen of the 1111 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Meadow Brown in Moscow on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Moscow's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Meadow Brown sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Dusky Meadow Brown sightings, Moscow ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Novosibirsk (Russia, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Dusky Meadow Brown that you can see in Moscow (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Scarce Tortoiseshell (about 10%), Small Tortoiseshell (about 10%) and European Comma (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Meadow Brown is recorded against all the insects logged in Moscow (28 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.
