Marbled Fritillary

Marbled Fritillary

Brenthis daphne

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Mercantour National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

12 Verified sightings at Mercantour National Park From 2019 to 2026
132 In all 7 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Marbled Fritillary

Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 metres (246–5,741 ft) above sea level.

Brenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimetres (1.2–1.7 in). Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upperside of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
2 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~20%
3 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Marbled Fritillary in Mercantour National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Fritillary sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 184th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Marbled Fritillary in Mercantour National Park?

July

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Fritillary in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Marbled Fritillary?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marbled Fritillary sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Mercantour National Park the best place to see a Marbled Fritillary?

3rd of 7

Of the 7 parks where we can rate Marbled Fritillary sightings, Mercantour National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 20%).

Where does the Marbled Fritillary sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Marbled Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (12 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.

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