Libythea celtis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Libythea celtis, the European beak or nettle-tree butterfly, is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a European Beak sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 243 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a European Beak in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most European Beak sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate European Beak sightings, Fertő-Hanság National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the European Beak that you can see in Fertő-Hanság National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Small Heath (about 20%), Meadow Brown (about 20%) and Red Admiral (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the European Beak is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság National Park (9 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.
