Common Brassy Ringlet

Common Brassy Ringlet

Erebia cassioides

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Ecrins National Park

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

22 Verified sightings at Ecrins National Park From 2019 to 2026
273 In all 6 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Common Brassy Ringlet

Erebia cassioides, the common brassy ringlet, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae. This European endemic species is present in Spain (Cantabrian Mountains, Pyrenees), France (Pyrenees, Massif Central and the western and eastern Alps), Italy, Switzerland, Romania (Carpathians), Bulgaria (Rila and Pirin Mountains.), Greece, North Macedonia and in the Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia). It prefers grassy slopes with stones and rocks at altitudes between 1,600 and... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
2 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
3 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
4 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
5 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~20%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Brassy Ringlet in Ecrins National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Brassy Ringlet sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 251 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 Common Brassy Ringlet in Ecrins National Park?

July and August

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Brassy Ringlet in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and September–October, the lowest months. Those are among Ecrins National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 160 mm in December.

What time of day is best to see a Common Brassy Ringlet?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Brassy Ringlet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Common Brassy Ringlet live in Ecrins National Park?

Same genus: Erebia

The closest relatives of the Common Brassy Ringlet that you can see in Ecrins National Park (genus Erebia, Alpines) are Almond Ringlet (about 30%), Autumn Ringlet (about 20%) and Large Ringlet (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Common Brassy Ringlet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Brassy Ringlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (22 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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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