Lamproptera meges
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Lamproptera meges, the green dragontail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae) found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. There are ten subspecies. A specimen from Java is the type species of the genus Lamproptera.
A small butterfly, the green dragontail has a wingspan of 40 to 55 millimetres (1.6 to 2.2 in). It is basically black and white in colour scheme, it has a very large white-tipped tail, 25 to 40 millimetres (0.98 to 1.57 in) long. The forewing has a triangular hyaline (glass-like) patch with black borders, and thin black stripes along the veins, forming six to eight spot/bands. It also has a pale band running obliquely across the pre-discal area. This band is continued onto the black hindwing which bears the long tail and prominent abdominal wing fold. In this species, the pale bands are light green while in its closely related species, Lamproptera curius, they are white. Also in L. curius, the white band has a hyaline outer edge. Sexes are alike, but the female is duller and has a ventral copulation groove before the tip of the abdomen. The males of this species do not have the sex mark (scent organ) found in L. curius.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Green Dragontail Butterfly sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Green Dragontail Butterfly in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and September, the lowest months. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's wettest months, with about 340 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Dragontail Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Green Dragontail Butterfly sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Green Dragontail Butterfly that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Chain Swordtail (about 30%), Tailed Jay (about 30%) and Common Jay (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Dragontail Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Cat Tien National Park (46 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.
