Graphium agamemnon
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Graphium agamemnon, the tailed jay, is a predominantly green and black tropical butterfly that belongs to the swallowtail family. The butterfly is also called the green-spotted triangle, tailed green jay, or green triangle. It is a common, non-threatened species native to Nepal, India and Sri Lanka, through Southeast Asia to Australia. Several geographic races are recognized. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Southern India to Saurashtra, northern India (Kumaon to Assam), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Andamans, Nicobars, Bangladesh, Brunei, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, southern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), South East Asia to New Guinea, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and Australia (northern Queensland).
Male upperside black. Forewing with the following green markings: a spot at the extreme base of the costal margin, a transverse short bar near base of cell and seven spots beyond, two and two except the apical spot which is single; two spots beyond apex of cell; a spot at base of interspaces 1a and 1, followed by two oblique short... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 11 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Visakhapatnam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Bhubaneshwar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Surat | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tailed Jay sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 117 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.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tailed Jay in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tailed Jay sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Tailed Jay sightings, Sinharaja Forest Reserve ranks 6th at about 20%. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 30%), Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 30%) and Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 30%).
Same genus: Graphium
The closest relatives of the Tailed Jay that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (genus Graphium, Swordtails, Jays, Bluebottles and allies) are Common Jay (about 20%) and Five-Bar Swordtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tailed Jay is recorded against all the insects logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (13 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.
