Chlosyne palla
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Chlosyne palla, the northern checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America. They range from southern British Columbia to Alberta, south to California, Utah, and Colorado, excluding Nevada. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Checkerspot sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 161 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.
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Checkerspot in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Checkerspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Northern Checkerspot sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Rocky Mountain National Park (United States, about 10%) and Yosemite National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Northern Checkerspot that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Limenitis bredowii (about 40%), California Tortoiseshell (about 20%) and Pacific Fritillary (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Checkerspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (30 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.
