Erebia euryale
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Erebia euryale, the large ringlet, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Erebia euryale syrmia Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Romania) This species is endemic to Europe. It can be found in southern Europe, in the Alps, Cantabrian, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Balkans, in northern Europe from Finland to the Urals and in Altai. Erebia euryale is an alpine species. It lives in spruce forest clearings, glades, slopes, subalpine meadows and damp meadows at an elevation of 500–2,600 metres (1,600–8,500 ft) above sea level.
Erebia euryale has a wingspan of 20–23 mm. These butterflies have a considerable geographic variation. Usually the upperside of the forewings is dark brown with a reddish-orange postmedian... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 7 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 8 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Large Ringlet sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Large Ringlet in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Ecrins National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 160 mm in December.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Ringlet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Large Ringlet sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 40%) and Vanoise National Park (France, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Erebia
The closest relatives of the Large Ringlet that you can see in Ecrins National Park (genus Erebia, Alpines) are Almond Ringlet (about 30%), Autumn Ringlet (about 20%) and Common Brassy Ringlet (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Ringlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (35 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.
