Where to see
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Sinharaja Forest Reserve leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Great Mormon Swallowtail during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 13 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 14 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 16 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 17 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
In Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Great Mormon Swallowtail sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cuc Phuong National Park and more
After Sinharaja Forest Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Great Mormon Swallowtail are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 40%), Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 30%) and Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 30%). Outside Asia, the best option is Cuc Phuong National Park in Southeast Asia (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (about 60%), February and June in Cuc Phuong National Park (about 60%) and December in Gunung Leuser National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Great Mormon Swallowtail on a given day. Each park's Great Mormon Swallowtail page has the full month-by-month chart.
