Sooty Copper

Sooty Copper

Loweia tityrus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Turin

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

6 Verified sightings at Turin
1,137 In all 18 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~40%
2 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
4 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~30%
5 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~30%
6 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
8 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
9 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~20%
10 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%
11 Plitvice Lakes National Park 🇭🇷 Croatia
~20%
12 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
13 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
14 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
15 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
16 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
17 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~10%
18 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Budapest 🇭🇺 Hungary
~20%
2 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
3 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
4 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%
5 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
8 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
<5%
10 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Copper in Turin?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper sighting in Turin on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 152nd most-seen of the 197 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 Sooty Copper in Turin?

April and July–September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper in Turin on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Sooty Copper?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sooty Copper 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 Turin the best place to see a Sooty Copper?

7th of 12

Of the 12 cities where we can rate Sooty Copper sightings, Turin ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Budapest (Hungary, about 20%), Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Milan (Italy, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Sooty Copper live in Turin?

Same family: Lycaenidae

The closest relatives of the Sooty Copper that you can see in Turin (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Geranium Bronze (about 30%), Common Blue (about 20%) and Small Copper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Sooty Copper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sooty Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Turin (6 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.

← Back to Turin