Cleopatra Butterfly

Cleopatra Butterfly

Gonepteryx cleopatra

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%

7 Verified sightings at Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park From 2019 to 2026
301 In all 7 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Cleopatra Butterfly

Gonepteryx cleopatra, the Cleopatra or Cleopatra butterfly, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is a sexually dimorphic species; the female has pale yellow or greenish wings, whereas the male is darker yellow with an orange patch on the forewing. Both sexes have a forewing apical hook and brown dots in the center of each wing, and the underside of wings is light greenish yellow. The greenish color, the shape and the pronounced... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
2 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
3 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
4 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jerusalem 🇮🇱 Israel
~20%
2 Athens 🇬🇷 Greece
~20%
3 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
4 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
5 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cleopatra Butterfly in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cleopatra Butterfly sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 79 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Cleopatra Butterfly in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?

July

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cleopatra Butterfly in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 180 mm in October. January has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Cleopatra Butterfly?

Between noon and 3 pm

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

Where does the Cleopatra Butterfly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cleopatra Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (7 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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