Lamproptera curius
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Lamproptera curius, the white dragontail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly native to parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia where it is common. It belongs to the dragontails genus, Lamproptera, of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae.
Upperside dull brownish black. Forewing: a broad outwardly oblique white transverse band that crosses from a little beyond the basal third of the costal margin to the dorsum, its outer half hyaline (glass like), followed by a hyaline triangular area that does not reach the costa or the termen but is traversed by conspicuously black veins. Between the semihyaline transverse band and the hyaline area the black forms a more or less even band slightly narrower in the middle; the black edging to the costa and termen broad, broadened towards the apex; cilia black.
Hindwing: the transverse white band of the forewing is continued straight across and ends in a point on the outer half of vein 3, but is not hyaline along its outer margin; posterior half of the wing dull dark brown, irrorated (sprinkled) towards the base of the long narrow tail at vein 4 with white scales; cilia black, white below vein 5 and along outer side of basal half of... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a White Dragontail Butterfly sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 71 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a White Dragontail Butterfly in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month. June to August have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White 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.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate White Dragontail Butterfly sightings, Namdapha National Park ranks 2nd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Papilionidae
The closest relatives of the White Dragontail Butterfly that you can see in Namdapha National Park (family Papilionidae, Swallowtails and Parnassians) are Red Helen Swallowtail (about 40%), Common Bluebottle (about 40%) and Spangle Swallowtail (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Dragontail Butterfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Namdapha National Park (30 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.
