Papilio pitmani
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Papilio pitmani, known as the banded mormon, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Papilio pitmani sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 249th most-seen of the 296 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Papilio pitmani in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–December, the lowest months. That is one of Kaeng Krachan National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 260 mm in September.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Papilio pitmani sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Papilio pitmani sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Papilio pitmani that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Great Mormon Swallowtail (about 30%), Paris Peacock Swallowtail (about 20%) and Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Papilio pitmani is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
