Apollo

The IUCN Red List assesses it globally as Least Concern (LC), which is not an IUCN threatened category. Checklists record it in Iran, where it is native, and Catalogue of Life lists it as living, not extinct.

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

6.2 cm – 9.5 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

flowerssrc for Main food

Habitat

grassland, rocky, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

On the wing

May to Septembersrc for On the wing

Generations a year

Twosrc for Generations a year

Larval food plants

Crassulaceae familysrc for Larval food plants

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The apollo is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Iran

Listed by: GloBIS (GART) (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The apollo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderLepidoptera
5. familyPapilionidae
6. genusParnassius
7. SpeciesParnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Papilio apollo, Parnassius apollo adzharensis, Parnassius apollo agyiens, Parnassius apollo andreashoferi, Parnassius apollo anneciensis, Parnassius apollo antiquus, Parnassius apollo apenninus, Parnassius apollo australis, Parnassius apollo bartholomaeus, Parnassius apollo bezauensis, Parnassius apollo bosniensis, Parnassius apollo braniskoi, Parnassius apollo buehleri, Parnassius apollo burjaticus, Parnassius apollo caloriferus, Parnassius apollo carinthicus, Parnassius apollo chetus, Parnassius apollo ciscaucasicus, Parnassius apollo cognatus, Parnassius apollo comes, Parnassius apollo confinis, Parnassius apollo debilis, Parnassius apollo eubohemicus, Parnassius apollo f. duplex, Parnassius apollo f. montana, Parnassius apollo fabrei, Parnassius apollo gadorensis, Parnassius apollo geminus, Parnassius apollo germainae, Parnassius apollo grajus, Parnassius apollo hahnei, Parnassius apollo kosswigi, Parnassius apollo leovigildus, Parnassius apollo lessei, Parnassius apollo limicola, Parnassius apollo manleyi, Parnassius apollo markerti, Parnassius apollo melliculus, Parnassius apollo merzbacheri, Parnassius apollo metaensis, Parnassius apollo navasi, Parnassius apollo nichollae, Parnassius apollo nivatus, Parnassius apollo oravensis, Parnassius apollo oulxensis, Parnassius apollo pandolfus, Parnassius apollo phrynius, Parnassius apollo posthumus, Parnassius apollo provincialis, Parnassius apollo pumilus, Parnassius apollo rachelii, Parnassius apollo rebelianus, Parnassius apollo regius, Parnassius apollo rhaeticus, Parnassius apollo rivalis, Parnassius apollo rubidus, Parnassius apollo saboianus, Parnassius apollo salevianus, Parnassius apollo sevensis, Parnassius apollo sicinius, Parnassius apollo substitutus, Parnassius apollo subvianus, Parnassius apollo tauricus, Parnassius apollo testoutensis, Parnassius apollo thessalicus, Parnassius apollo transiliensis, Parnassius apollo turatii, Parnassius apollo turatinus, Parnassius apollo valderiensis, Parnassius apollo valesiacus, Parnassius apollo var. alba, Parnassius apollo var. brittingeri, Parnassius apollo var. carpathicus, Parnassius apollo var. dubius, Parnassius apollo var. hoglandicus, Parnassius apollo var. laufferi, Parnassius apollo var. liburnicus, Parnassius apollo var. minerva, Parnassius apollo var. minor, Parnassius apollo var. sojoticus, Parnassius apollo var. suaneticus, Parnassius apollo var. transsylvanicus, Parnassius apollo venaissinus, Parnassius apollo ventidius, Parnassius apollo vercorcius, Parnassius apollo vicinus, Parnassius apollo victorialis, Parnassius apollo vilpiana, Parnassius apollo vinningensis, Parnassius apollo vistulicus, Parnassius apollo wiskotti, Parnassius apollo zelnyi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

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@misc{apollo_2026,
  title = {Apollo (Parnassius apollo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}