Lamproptera meges
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Lamproptera meges, the green dragontail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae) found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. There are ten subspecies. A specimen from Java is the type species of the genus Lamproptera.
A small butterfly, the green dragontail has a wingspan of 40 to 55 millimetres (1.6 to 2.2 in). It is basically black and white in colour scheme, it has a very large white-tipped tail, 25 to 40 millimetres (0.98 to 1.57 in) long. The forewing has a triangular hyaline (glass-like) patch with black borders, and thin black stripes along the veins, forming six to eight spot/bands. It also has a pale band running obliquely across the pre-discal area. This band is continued onto the black hindwing which bears the long tail and prominent abdominal wing fold. In this species, the pale bands are light green while in its closely related species, Lamproptera curius, they are white. Also in L. curius, the white band has a hyaline outer edge. Sexes are alike, but the female is duller and has a ventral copulation groove before the tip of the abdomen. The males of this species do not have the sex mark (scent organ) found in L. curius.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green Dragontail Butterfly sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 27 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March and May–June
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Green Dragontail Butterfly in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Dragontail Butterfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Green Dragontail Butterfly sightings, Kerinci Seblat National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 50%) and Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the Green Dragontail Butterfly that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Common Bluebottle (about 30%), Great Mormon Swallowtail (about 30%) and Papilio diophantus (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Dragontail Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (8 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.
