Lycaena dispar
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Large copper (Lycaena dispar) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Lycaena dispar is widely distributed across temperate Eurasia from western Europe to the Amur region, Korea and Manchuria. While it is currently in severe decline in north-western Europe, it is expanding in central, northern and eastern regions.
Several Asian subspecies extend the range eastward. The species has been declining in many European countries mainly as a result of habitat loss. Lycaena dispar is a large lycaenid butterfly with a wingspan of 44–52 mm. The species exhibits strong sexual dimorphism. Males have bright orange wings with narrow black margins and white fringes. The short androconia (sex brands) are located near the leading edge of the forewing. Females have broader dark brown margins on the forewings with a parallel row of dark spots.
Both sexes have distinctive silvery-blue hindwing undersides patterned with... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daegu | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 2 | Daejeon | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 3 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 4 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 7 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 8 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 9 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Copper sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 116th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Large Copper in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Copper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Large Copper sightings, Fertő-Hanság National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 30%), Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 20%) and Białowieża National Park (Poland, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság 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.
