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Caucasian Apollo

Parnassius nordmanni [Ménétriés] , 1850

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The caucasian apollo (Parnassius nordmanni) is a species in the family Papilionidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the caucasian apollo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5.3 cm – 6.3 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
July to September
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Papaveraceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the caucasian apollo?

CAUCASIAN APOLLO · WINGSPAN 6.3 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.3 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the caucasian apollo is about 3.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the caucasian apollo live?

Not recorded

Is the caucasian apollo endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the caucasian apollo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusParnassius
  7. SpeciesParnassius nordmanni [Ménétriés] , 1850

Synonyms Parnassius nordmanni bogosi, Parnassius nordmanni christophi, Parnassius nordmanni f. trachomophthalmos, Parnassius nordmanni thomai, Parnassius nordmanni var. minima

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Nordmann's ApolloEnglish
  • Kaukasus-ApolloGerman
  • Аполлон НордманнаRussian
  • Kafkas ApollosuTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the caucasian apollo

Other species in the same genus Parnassius.

LC, Least Concern
Apollo (Parnassius apollo)

Apollo

Parnassius apollo

Papilionidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the caucasian apollo?

An adult caucasian apollo has a wingspan of 5.3 cm – 6.3 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the caucasian apollo?

The caucasian apollo (Parnassius nordmanni) belongs to the family Papilionidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Caucasian Apollo (Parnassius nordmanni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/caucasian-apollo

MLA

“Caucasian Apollo (Parnassius nordmanni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/caucasian-apollo.

BibTeX
@misc{caucasian_apollo_2026,
  title = {Caucasian Apollo (Parnassius nordmanni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/caucasian-apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}