Papilio crino
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Papilio crino, the common banded peacock, is a species of swallowtail (Papilionidae) butterfly found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, including India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. This species resembles Papilio palinurus, but the male generally has, on the upperside of the outer half of the forewing, cottony or hairy scent-streaks similar to those in Papilio polyctor, only the streak in interspace 1 is always missing. Other differences are seen in the upper wing. The forewing has the discal transverse bluish-green band slightly sinuous, narrower, more curved than in P. palinurus and more distinctly decreasing in width towards the costal margin; in the female it is more sinuous than in the male. The hindwing has the transverse bluish-green band very variable in width but the inner margin is much straighter than in P. polyctor; this band that in P. polyctor stops short of vein 7, continues to the costal margin, it is however much and abruptly narrowed above vein 7; tornal ocellus claret-red with a large black centre inwardly edged with blue; the bright ochraceous subapical lunule of P. polyctor replaced by a dull whitish spot; the subterminal diffuse green lunules... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 288th most-seen of the 477 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in February–August and December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Bengaluru, in our data
Bengaluru is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail that you can see in Bengaluru (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 40%), Lime Swallowtail (about 30%) and Great Mormon Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (10 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.
