Carcharodus lavatherae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Muschampia lavatherae, the marbled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Rhine Rift Valley in central Germany up to North Africa and from south-eastern France up to Anatolia. The wingspan is 28–34 mm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Skipper sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 276th most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Skipper in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marbled Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Marbled Skipper sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Picos de Europa National Park (Spain, about 20%), Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 10%).
Same genus: Carcharodus
The closest relatives of the Marbled Skipper that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (genus Carcharodus) are Mallow Skipper (about 10%) and Tufted Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marbled Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (36 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.
