Niobe Fritillary

Niobe Fritillary

Fabriciana niobe

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Ecrins National Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

56 Verified sightings at Ecrins National Park From 2019 to 2026
431 In all 9 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Niobe Fritillary

The Niobe fritillary (Fabriciana niobe) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The Latin species name niobe refers to Niobe, daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology. Fabriciana niobe has a wingspan of 46–60 millimetres (1.8–2.4 in). The females are rather bigger and have more marked... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
2 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
3 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
4 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
5 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Niobe Fritillary in Ecrins National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Niobe Fritillary sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Niobe Fritillary in Ecrins National Park?

August

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Niobe Fritillary in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Niobe Fritillary?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Niobe 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.

Is Ecrins National Park the best place to see a Niobe Fritillary?

3rd of 9

Of the 9 parks where we can rate Niobe Fritillary sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 40%) and Vanoise National Park (France, about 30%).

Where does the Niobe Fritillary sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Niobe Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (56 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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