Sloe Hairstreak

Sloe Hairstreak

Strymon acaciae

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Prague

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

70 Verified sightings at Prague
77 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
2 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sloe Hairstreak in Prague?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sloe Hairstreak sighting in Prague on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 141st most-seen of the 724 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.

When is the best time to see a Sloe Hairstreak in Prague?

June

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sloe Hairstreak in Prague on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. That is one of Prague's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 30 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Sloe Hairstreak?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sloe Hairstreak sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Sloe Hairstreak?

Only Prague, in our data

Prague is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sloe Hairstreak sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Sloe Hairstreak live in Prague?

Same family: Lycaenidae

The closest relatives of the Sloe Hairstreak that you can see in Prague (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Common Blue (about 30%), Small Copper (about 10%) and Holly Blue (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Sloe Hairstreak sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sloe Hairstreak is recorded against all the insects logged in Prague (70 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.

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