Niobe Fritillary

Niobe Fritillary

Fabriciana niobe

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Pyrénées National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

34 Verified sightings at Pyrénées National Park From 2019 to 2026
431 In all 9 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Niobe Fritillary

The Niobe fritillary (Fabriciana niobe) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The Latin species name niobe refers to Niobe, daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology. Fabriciana niobe has a wingspan of 46–60 millimetres (1.8–2.4 in). The females are rather bigger and have more marked... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
2 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
3 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
4 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
5 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Niobe Fritillary in Pyrénées National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Niobe Fritillary sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 34 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.

When is the best time to see a Niobe Fritillary in Pyrénées National Park?

June to August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Niobe Fritillary in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Niobe Fritillary?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

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

Is Pyrénées National Park the best place to see a Niobe Fritillary?

8th of 9

Of the 9 parks where we can rate Niobe Fritillary sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 40%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 30%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 30%).

Where does the Niobe Fritillary sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Niobe Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (34 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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