Graphium antiphates
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Graphium antiphates, The Five-bar swordtail is a species of papilionid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. The ground colour of the upperside of both males and females is white. The forewing has the cell crossed by five short black bands, of which the basal extends to the dorsum, the sub-basal into interspace 1, the medial and pre-apical up to the median vein, and the apical or fifth along the discocellulars; this last band extends broadly on both sides of the veinlets and terminates at the lower apex of the cell; beyond these are broad postdiscal and terminal black transverse bands from costa to tornal angle; the two bands coalesce below vein 4 and terminate in a point at the tornus; the white portions of the cell anteriorly overlaid with pale green; short broken glossy green bands between the black cellular apical band and the discal band and anteriorly between the latter and the terminal band.
The upperside of the hindwing has the basal three-fourths uniformly white, with black markings on the underside that show through; the terminal fourth dark grey traversed by a curved irregular subterminal... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 5 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Bar Swordtail sighting in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 104 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Bar Swordtail in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Khao Sok National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 280 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Five-Bar Swordtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Five-Bar Swordtail sightings, Khao Sok National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 30%), Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 20%) and Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka, about 20%).
Same genus: Graphium
The closest relatives of the Five-Bar Swordtail that you can see in Khao Sok National Park (genus Graphium, Swordtails, Jays, Bluebottles and allies) are Common Bluebottle (about 20%), Common Jay (about 10%) and Spotted Jay (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Five-Bar Swordtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Khao Sok 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.
