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Papilio lormieri
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Papilio lormieri, the central emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceae species, and Fagara macrophylla.
Papilio lormieri is a member of the menestheus species group. Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania) Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail Carcasson, R.H., 1960. "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Central Emperor Swallowtail sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 41 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.
June and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Central Emperor Swallowtail in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Central Emperor Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kibale National Park, in our data
Kibale National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Central Emperor Swallowtail sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Central Emperor Swallowtail that you can see in Kibale National Park (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Apple-Green Swallowtail (about 50%), Mocker Swallowtail (about 30%) and Papilio mechowi (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Central Emperor Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Kibale National Park (6 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.
