Parnassius phoebus
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Parnassius phoebus, known as the Phoebus Apollo or small Apollo, is a butterfly species of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, found in the Palearctic and North America. P. phoebus is found in the Alps, Urals, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Alaska and Canada south into the northern United States.
Male: the costal spots of forewing usually without red, the anterior one sometimes with white pupil; submarginal band faint and abbreviated or interrupted; no spot at hind margin; hindwing with red ocelli which are usually small, and sometimes with a submarginal row of feebly marked black spots; the veins often marked with well-defined elongate black punctures.
Female: with better defined and more extended markings; vitreous margin of forewing separated from the submarginal band by large white uniform spots; the second costal spots often pupilled red, connected with one another by black scaling, on disc sometimes blackish shadows; on hindwing a greyish vitreous marginal band, distinct submarginal half-moons, which are contiguous, forming a band, two larger red ocelli, the posterior one occasionally with white pupil; anal spots sometimes intensified and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Denali National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Phoebus Apollo sighting in Hohe Tauern National Park on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 165 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Phoebus Apollo in Hohe Tauern National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and June, the lowest months. December has too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Phoebus Apollo sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Phoebus Apollo sightings, Hohe Tauern National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Vanoise National Park (France, about 20%) and Denali National Park (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Phoebus Apollo is recorded against all the insects logged in Hohe Tauern 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.
