Papilio mackinnoni
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Papilio mackinnoni, the Mackinnon's swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Uganda, Zaire, South Sudan, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.
The larvae feed on Rutaceae, Clausema, Toddalia, Citrus, Teclea simplicifolia, T. nobilis and T. tricocarpa. Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni (southern Sudan, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
This species is located in the Afrotropical realm. Carcasson, R.H., 1960, "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a MacKinnon’s Swallowtail sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 38 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a MacKinnon’s Swallowtail in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most MacKinnon’s Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in our data
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate MacKinnon’s Swallowtail sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the MacKinnon’s Swallowtail that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Apple-Green Swallowtail (about 30%), Hesper’s Bush Kite Swallowtail (about 20%) and Jackson’s Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the MacKinnon’s Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (19 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.
