Papilio diophantus
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Papilio diophantus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Sumatra. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Papilio diophantus sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th 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.
February and April–June
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Papilio diophantus in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Papilio diophantus 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 Kerinci Seblat National Park, in our data
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Papilio diophantus sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Papilio diophantus that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Great Mormon Swallowtail (about 30%) and Black-And-White Helen Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Papilio diophantus is recorded against all the insects logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (7 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.
