Papilio saharae
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Papilio saharae, the Sahara swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in North Africa and Arabia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algiers | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Swallowtail sighting in Algiers on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 133 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.
June and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Swallowtail in Algiers on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. Those are among Algiers's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in November.
Only Algiers, in our data
Algiers is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Desert Swallowtail sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Algiers (22 verified sightings), 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.
