Iphiclides feisthamelii
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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
Iphiclides feisthamelii on Guy Padfield's Butterfly Page Wikipedia →
| # | 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 107 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 1277 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.
May and July–August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to February, the lowest months.
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.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 30%), Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 30%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Iberian Scarce Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (107 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.
