Tharsalea nivalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lilac-Bordered Copper sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 114th most-seen of the 161 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 and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lilac-Bordered Copper in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lilac-Bordered Copper 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 5 parks where we can rate Lilac-Bordered Copper sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yosemite National Park (United States, about 10%) and Grand Teton National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Tharsalea
The closest relatives of the Lilac-Bordered Copper that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (genus Tharsalea) are Edith's Copper (about 10%), Ruddy Copper (about 10%) and Tailed Copper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lilac-Bordered Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (7 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.
