Fabriciana niobe
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 214th most-seen of the 818 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Niobe Fritillary in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
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.
9th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Niobe Fritillary sightings, Wadden Sea National Park ranks 9th 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%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Niobe Fritillary that you can see in Wadden Sea National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Red Admiral (about 30%), Painted Lady (about 20%) and European Peacock Butterfly (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Niobe Fritillary is recorded against all the insects logged in Wadden Sea National Park (33 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.
