Pyronia cecilia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Pyronia cecilia, the southern gatekeeper, is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa. It is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gatekeeper sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 325th most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gatekeeper in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, 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 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Gatekeeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Southern Gatekeeper sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 20%), Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same genus: Pyronia
The closest relatives of the Southern Gatekeeper that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (genus Pyronia, gatekeepers) are Gatekeeper (about 20%) and Spanish Gatekeeper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Gatekeeper is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (12 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.
