Ochlodes venata
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Ochlodes venatus, commonly known as the far eastern large skipper, is a skipper butterfly species in the family Hesperiidae. The name was long used for the large skipper of Europe, but it actually refers to its Far Eastern sister species and the large skipper is now called O. sylvanus. There is some dispute however about whether the large skipper should not better placed in O. venatus as a subspecies sylvanus or faunus. An ICZN Opinion in 1944 noted that the genus name Ochlodes is masculine, so the correct epithet for this species is venatus. However, many sources continue to list it as Ochlodes venata.
These two skippers are possibly sympatric in China. Ochlodes venatus occurs from there eastwards to Korea and Japan. Jennifer Owen. The Ecology of a Garden: The First Fifteen Years. Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0-521-34335-0; p. 88 Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 2 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 13 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 15 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 16 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 17 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 19 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 20 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Milan | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 7 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Naples | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 9 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 10 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Far Eastern Large Skipper sighting in Picos de Europa National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 118 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 50% of wildlife watchers report a Far Eastern Large Skipper in Picos de Europa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Picos de Europa National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 220 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Far Eastern Large Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Far Eastern Large Skipper sightings, Picos de Europa National Park ranks 5th at about 30%. The best odds are in Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia, about 40%), Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 30%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Far Eastern Large Skipper that you can see in Picos de Europa National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Lulworth Skipper (about 20%), Dingy Skipper (about 20%) and Marbled Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Far Eastern Large Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Picos de Europa National Park (25 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.
