Nevada Grayling

Nevada Grayling

Pseudochazara hippolyte

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Sierra Nevada National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

27 Verified sightings at Sierra Nevada National Park From 2019 to 2026
27 In 1 park
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Nevada Grayling

Pseudochazara hippolyte is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined from the southern Urals across Kazakhstan and northern Tian-Shan to Transbaikalia, Mongolia and northern Tibet. A similar species, formerly regarded as a subspecies of Pseudochazara hippolyte, but endemic from south of Spain, is Pseudochazara williamsi.

S. hippolyte Esp. (= alcyone F., agave Esp.) (43 b). Similar to the preceding [ S. autonoe ] in size and shape, but the distal band is on both wings broad, sharply defined and yellowish, being distally tinged with yellowish red. In the nymotypical form the hindwing beneath bears 3 distinct dentate lines, the ground-colour being often so darkened between the first two that there appears a dark median band. In Spain and South Russia as well as in Anterior Asia. — The form mercurius Stgr., from the Tian-shan district, has the bands brighter yellow, and in rhena H.-Schiff, from Tokat, they have a strong orange tint. — On the other hand, Elwes found in the higher Altai a smaller form in which the bands are pure pale yellow, not being tinged with orange, but being traversed by the heavy dark veins; this is pallida Stgr.... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Nevada Grayling in Sierra Nevada National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nevada Grayling sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 330th most-seen of the 479 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Nevada Grayling in Sierra Nevada National Park?

July

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Nevada Grayling in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August 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.

What time of day is best to see a Nevada Grayling?

Between 2 and 5 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nevada Grayling sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Nevada Grayling?

Only Sierra Nevada National Park, in our data

Sierra Nevada National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Nevada Grayling sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Nevada Grayling live in Sierra Nevada National Park?

Same family: Nymphalidae

The closest relatives of the Nevada Grayling that you can see in Sierra Nevada National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Wall Brown (about 40%), Iberian Marbled White (about 30%) and Painted Lady (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Nevada Grayling sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Nevada Grayling is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada National Park (27 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.

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