Iphiclides feisthamelii
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Iphiclides feisthamelii, the southern scarce swallowtail, southern swallowtail or Iberian scarce swallowtail, is a butterfly found in Italy, Slovenia, southern France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria Tunisia and Serbia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of I. podalirius.
The larva feeds on Prunus amygdalus (almond), P. persica (peach), P. insititia (a kind of plum), P. longipes, Pyrus communis (common pear), Malus domesticus (apple) and Crataegus oxyacantha. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 79 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.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and September–October, 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.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sightings, Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 30%).
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Iberian Scarce Swallowtail that you can see in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Old World Swallowtail (about 30%) and Apollo (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Iberian Scarce Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (20 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.
