Ochlodes venata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Ochlodes venatus, commonly known as the far eastern large skipper, is a skipper butterfly species in the family Hesperiidae. The name was long used for the large skipper of Europe, but it actually refers to its Far Eastern sister species and the large skipper is now called O. sylvanus. There is some dispute however about whether the large skipper should not better placed in O. venatus as a subspecies sylvanus or faunus. An ICZN Opinion in 1944 noted that the genus name Ochlodes is masculine, so the correct epithet for this species is venatus. However, many sources continue to list it as Ochlodes venata.
These two skippers are possibly sympatric in China. Ochlodes venatus occurs from there eastwards to Korea and Japan. Jennifer Owen. The Ecology of a Garden: The First Fifteen Years. Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0-521-34335-0; p. 88 Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 2 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 13 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 15 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 16 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 17 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 19 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 20 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Milan | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 7 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Naples | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 9 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 10 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Far Eastern Large Skipper sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 213th most-seen of the 355 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Far Eastern Large Skipper in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Far Eastern Large Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
30th of 33
Of the 33 cities where we can rate Far Eastern Large Skipper sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 30th at about 10%. The best odds are in Manchester (United Kingdom, about 20%), Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 20%) and Leeds (United Kingdom, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Far Eastern Large Skipper that you can see in Rotterdam [The Hague] (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Red Admiral (about 30%), Speckled Wood (about 30%) and European Peacock Butterfly (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Far Eastern Large Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (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.
