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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 317 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cardinal Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Cardinal Butterfly sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 4th at about 30%. The best odds are in Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 50%), Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 30%) and Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Cardinal Butterfly that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Queen Of Spain Fritillary (about 40%), Speckled Wood (about 30%) and Iberian Marbled White (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cardinal Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (317 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.
