Papilio merione
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Papilio merione sighting in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 68 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.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Papilio merione in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–March, the lowest months. That is one of Ranomafana National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 450 mm in January.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Papilio merione sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Ranomafana National Park, in our data
Ranomafana National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Papilio merione sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Papilio
The closest relatives of the Papilio merione that you can see in Ranomafana National Park (genus Papilio, Common Swallowtails) are Cream-Lined Swallowtail (about 30%) and Teardrop Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Papilio merione is recorded against all the insects logged in Ranomafana National Park (5 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.
