Hyponephele lycaon
Silhouette: Mattia Menchetti · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Meadow Brown sighting in Novosibirsk on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 216 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Meadow Brown in Novosibirsk on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. That is one of Novosibirsk's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 25 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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Dusky Meadow Brown sightings, Novosibirsk has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Moscow (Russia, under 5%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Dusky Meadow Brown that you can see in Novosibirsk (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Small Tortoiseshell (about 20%), European Peacock Butterfly (about 20%) and Scarce Tortoiseshell (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 Novosibirsk (21 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.
