Erebia aethiopella
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The false Mnestra ringlet (Erebia aethiopellus) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in France and Italy (Alps). The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The ground colour is dark brown butterfly. There is an orange postdiscal band adorned with two ocelli with white pupils on the forewing. These are more or less marked according to the individuals. Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Festuca paniculata. The species overwinters in the larval stage. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a False Mnestra Ringlet sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 91st most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a False Mnestra Ringlet in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Mercantour National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in October.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most False Mnestra Ringlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mercantour National Park, in our data
Mercantour National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate False Mnestra Ringlet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Erebia
The closest relatives of the False Mnestra Ringlet that you can see in Mercantour National Park (genus Erebia, Alpines) are Almond Ringlet (about 40%), Large Ringlet (about 40%) and Common Brassy Ringlet (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the False Mnestra Ringlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (42 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.
