Papilio peranthus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Papilio peranthus, the Indonesian swallowtail is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Indonesia (including Java, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands). Papilio peranthus is a very large butterfly with a wingspan of 70 mm to 90 mm, with a scalloped outer edge to the wings and a large club-like tail on each hindwing. The upperside is black with a green distal portion and a green sheen on the body. The reverse is beige with a brown basal part and a line of chevrons on the hindwings between the beige part and the brown part.
Seitz- P. peranthus. About a third or the half of both wings bluish green, this metallic area never reaching beyond the apex of the cell of the forewing, before the distal margin of the forewing a green band, which is very broad anteriorly and strongly narrowed posteriorly. The pilose stripes of the male mostly confluent, never all completely separated, as at least the stripe placed on the submedian fold is united with the lower median. The female paler than the especially in the distal part of the under surface, the metallic area mostly somewhat darker blue. The peranthus. earlier stages are not known. In habits the butterfly resembles... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swift Peacock Swallowtail sighting in Denpasar on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 50th most-seen of the 90 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Swift Peacock Swallowtail in Denpasar on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–May, August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Denpasar's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 320 mm in January.
Only Denpasar, in our data
Denpasar is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Swift Peacock Swallowtail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Swift Peacock Swallowtail that you can see in Denpasar (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Lime Swallowtail (about 20%), Papilio tereas (about 20%) and Great Mormon Swallowtail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swift Peacock Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Denpasar (7 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.
