Mazarine Blue

Mazarine Blue

Cyaniris semiargus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Triglav National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

22 Verified sightings at Triglav National Park From 2019 to 2026
312 In all 9 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Mazarine Blue

Cyaniris semiargus, the Mazarine blue, is a Palearctic butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. There was a large native population in Britain in the early part of the 19th century, but it disappeared before the 20th century, though single vagrants have been spotted, and some estimates of British resident extinction... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~30%
2 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
3 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
4 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
5 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~20%
6 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
2 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%
3 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
4 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
5 Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mazarine Blue in Triglav National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mazarine Blue sighting in Triglav National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 260 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.

When is the best time to see a Mazarine Blue in Triglav National Park?

June and July

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mazarine Blue in Triglav National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Mazarine Blue?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mazarine Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Mazarine Blue live in Triglav National Park?

Same family: Lycaenidae

The closest relatives of the Mazarine Blue that you can see in Triglav National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Chalkhill Blue (about 40%), Chequered Blue (about 20%) and Sooty Copper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Mazarine Blue sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mazarine Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Triglav National Park (22 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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