Papilio victorinus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Papilio menatius is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. Papilio menatius is a large butterfly with a wingspan of about 95–110 millimetres (3.7–4.3 in). The uppersides of the wings are black with yellowish bands and yellowish submarginal lines of spots.
The subspecies P. m. menatius present in Guyana is black with white spots at the center of the forewings. On the hindwings there are a submarginal row of red lines and a line of spots partly red and partly white. Subspecies P. m. victorinus is treated as a species by some authors.
Adults feed on flower nectar of various plants, including Lantana and Impatiens species. Papilio menatius is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species groups: troilus species group, glaucus species group, the zagreus species group and the scamander species group. Papilio menatius is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Victorine Swallowtail sighting in Monterrey on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 103rd most-seen of the 413 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–July and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Victorine Swallowtail in Monterrey on a given day, against under 5% in April, August and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Victorine Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Monterrey, in our data
Monterrey is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Victorine Swallowtail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Victorine Swallowtail that you can see in Monterrey (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Western Giant Swallowtail (about 20%), Ruby-Spotted Swallowtail (about 10%) and Ornythion Swallowtail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Victorine Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Monterrey (34 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.
