Iphiclides feisthamelii
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Iphiclides feisthamelii, the southern scarce swallowtail, southern swallowtail or Iberian scarce swallowtail, is a butterfly found in Italy, Slovenia, southern France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria Tunisia and Serbia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of I. podalirius.
The larva feeds on Prunus amygdalus (almond), P. persica (peach), P. insititia (a kind of plum), P. longipes, Pyrus communis (common pear), Malus domesticus (apple) and Crataegus oxyacantha. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 117 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 597 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.
July and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Scarce Swallowtail in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. Those are among Sierra de Guadarrama National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Iberian Scarce Swallowtail sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 30%), Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 30%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%).
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Iberian Scarce Swallowtail that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Spanish Festoon (about 20%), Old World Swallowtail (about 10%) and Apollo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Iberian Scarce Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (117 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.
