Cephalus Apollo

Weight

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Length

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Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderLepidoptera
5. familyPapilionidae
6. genusParnassius
7. SpeciesParnassius cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

Synonyms Koramius cephalus, Koramius cephalus capitalis, Koramius cephalus dalailama, Koramius cephalus eierhoffi, Koramius cephalus f. tadumica, Koramius cephalus sengei, Koramius sengei, Lingamius cephalus rileyanus, Parnassius cephalus ares, Parnassius cephalus brillantinus, Parnassius cephalus danielae, Parnassius cephalus dengkiaoping, Parnassius cephalus dengxiaoping, Parnassius cephalus dominantus, Parnassius cephalus elwesi, Parnassius cephalus erlaensis, Parnassius cephalus f. nigroocellata, Parnassius cephalus f. quadripicta, Parnassius cephalus f. quinquepicta, Parnassius cephalus gehleni, Parnassius cephalus helmae, Parnassius cephalus horii, Parnassius cephalus irene, Parnassius cephalus kitaharai, Parnassius cephalus micheli, Parnassius cephalus mraceki, Parnassius cephalus paimaensis, Parnassius cephalus panchenlama, Parnassius cephalus pegasos, Parnassius cephalus pythia, Parnassius cephalus ryoukoae, Parnassius cephalus sengei, Parnassius cephalus shinkaii, Parnassius cephalus takenakai, Parnassius cephalus tibuensis, Parnassius cephalus weissi, Parnassius cephalus yamantaka, Parnassius cephalus yasuyukii, Parnassius cepharus paimaensis, Parnassius delphius var. elwesi, Parnassius imperator erlaensis, Parnassius pythia

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Apollo

Parnassius apollo

Papilionidae

C

Clouded Apollo

Parnassius mnemosyne

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

P

Phoebus Apollo

Parnassius phoebus

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

E

Eversmann's Apollo

Parnassius apollonius

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

C

Caucasian Apollo

Parnassius nordmanni

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

R

Rocky mountain Parnassian

Parnassius smintheus

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCephalus Apollo vs ApolloCephalus Apollo vs Clouded ApolloCephalus Apollo vs Phoebus ApolloCephalus Apollo vs Eversmann's Apollo

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@misc{cephalus_apollo_2026,
  title = {Cephalus Apollo (Parnassius cephalus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cephalus-apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}