Brenthis daphne
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 metres (246–5,741 ft) above sea level.
Brenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimetres (1.2–1.7 in). Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upperside of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Fritillary sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 149th most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Fritillary in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marbled Fritillary sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Marbled Fritillary sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%), Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 20%) and Mercantour National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Marbled Fritillary that you can see in Ecrins National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Marbled White (about 40%), Silver-Washed Fritillary (about 30%) and Small Tortoiseshell (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marbled Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (8 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.
