Hyponephele lycaon
Silhouette: Mattia Menchetti · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is broadly distributed in the temperate zone of the Palearctic from Portugal in the west to the Russian Far East in the east.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various grasses. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Meadow Brown sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th most-seen of the 479 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Meadow Brown in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra Nevada National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 130 mm in March.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Meadow Brown 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 4 parks where we can rate Dusky Meadow Brown sightings, Sierra Nevada National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Meadow Brown is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada National Park (64 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.
