Cardinal Butterfly

Cardinal Butterfly

Damora pandora

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Rostov-on-Don

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

14 Verified sightings at Rostov-on-Don
520 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 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~50%
2 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~30%
3 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
4 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
5 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yerevan 🇦🇲 Armenia
~30%
2 Budapest 🇭🇺 Hungary
~30%
3 Ankara 🇹🇷 Turkey
~20%
4 Tehran 🇮🇷 Iran
~20%
5 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
6 Rostov-on-Don 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
7 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
8 Almaty 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cardinal Butterfly in Rostov-on-Don?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly sighting in Rostov-on-Don on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 35 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.

When is the best time to see a Cardinal Butterfly in Rostov-on-Don?

June

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly in Rostov-on-Don on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Cardinal Butterfly?

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.

Is Rostov-on-Don the best place to see a Cardinal Butterfly?

6th of 8

Of the 8 cities where we can rate Cardinal Butterfly sightings, Rostov-on-Don ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 30%), Budapest (Hungary, about 30%) and Ankara (Turkey, about 20%).

Where does the Cardinal Butterfly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cardinal Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Rostov-on-Don (14 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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