Pyronia cecilia
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Pyronia cecilia, the southern gatekeeper, is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa. It is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gatekeeper sighting in Monfragüe National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 84 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gatekeeper in Monfragüe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. Those are among Monfragüe National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 100 mm in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Gatekeeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Southern Gatekeeper sightings, Monfragüe National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Gatekeeper that you can see in Monfragüe National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Small Heath (about 30%), Speckled Wood (about 30%) and Two-Tailed Pasha (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Gatekeeper is recorded against all the insects logged in Monfragüe National Park (27 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.
