Papilio androgeus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Papilio androgeus, the Androgeus swallowtail, queen page, or queen swallowtail, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Argentina with a small population in southern Florida. There is strong sexual dimorphism between the sexes. The wingspan is 134 to 140 millimeters. [1] All wings have a black-brown base colour.
The males have very broad yellow bands on the upper side of the fore and hind wings. Indistinct yellowish and bluish spots are present on the outer edge of the hindwings, which are sometimes absent. The underside shows a similar pattern to the forewings, but is much paler and less clear, while the spots on the outer edges are somewhat more pronounced.
The females are more variable with regard to the markings. They often have large white spots on the dark upper surface of the forewings, but these can also be completely absent. The hind wings shimmer more or less metallic blue or turquoise and show blue-green spots on the outer edge. On the brownish underside of the wings there are three rows of crescent-shaped spots of red, blue and yellow on the outer edge of the hind wings.Both sexes have five to six narrow, unmarked... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Androgeus Swallowtail sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 246th most-seen of the 366 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May–June, August and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Androgeus Swallowtail in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, July, September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Androgeus Swallowtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Androgeus Swallowtail sightings, Manu National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Androgeus Swallowtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu 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.
