Papilio nobilis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Papilio nobilis, the noble swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. The larvae feed on Warburgia ugandensis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Noble Swallowtail sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th most-seen of the 123 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Noble Swallowtail in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in February and October–December, the lowest months.
Only Nairobi, in our data
Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Noble Swallowtail sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Noble Swallowtail that you can see in Nairobi (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Mocker Swallowtail (about 30%), Citrus Swallowtail (about 30%) and Apple-Green Swallowtail (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Noble Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi (26 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.
