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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Fiery Copper sighting in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 22 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Fiery Copper in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Fiery Copper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Hortobágy National Park, in our data
Hortobágy National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lesser Fiery Copper sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Lesser Fiery Copper that you can see in Hortobágy National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Large Copper (about 30%), Common Blue (about 30%) and Small Copper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Fiery Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Hortobágy National Park (10 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.
