Fabriciana niobe
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The Niobe fritillary (Fabriciana niobe) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The Latin species name niobe refers to Niobe, daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology. Fabriciana niobe has a wingspan of 46–60 millimetres (1.8–2.4 in). The females are rather bigger and have more marked... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Niobe Fritillary sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 12 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Niobe Fritillary 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.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Niobe Fritillary sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Niobe Fritillary sightings, Sierra Nevada National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 40%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 30%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Niobe Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada 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.
