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Clodius Apollo

Parnassius clodius Ménétriés, 1855

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the clodius apollo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5.23 cm – 7.3 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
May to October
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Papaveraceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the clodius apollo?

CLODIUS APOLLO · WINGSPAN 7.3 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.3 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the clodius apollo is about 4.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the clodius apollo live?

Not recorded

Is the clodius 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 clodius apollo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusParnassius
  7. SpeciesParnassius clodius Ménétriés, 1855

Synonyms Parnassius clodius altaurus, Parnassius clodius claudianus, Parnassius clodius gallatinus, Parnassius clodius hel, Parnassius clodius pseudogallatinus, Parnassius clodius shepardi, Parnassius clodius sol, Parnassius clodius var. altaurus, Parnassius clodius var. pseudogallatinus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • American ApolloEnglish
  • Clodius ParnassianEnglish
  • apollon ClaudiusFrench
  • オオアメリカウスバJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clodius 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 clodius apollo?

An adult clodius apollo has a wingspan of 5.23 cm – 7.3 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the clodius apollo?

The clodius apollo (Parnassius clodius) 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). Clodius Apollo (Parnassius clodius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clodius-apollo

MLA

“Clodius Apollo (Parnassius clodius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/clodius-apollo.

BibTeX
@misc{clodius_apollo_2026,
  title = {Clodius Apollo (Parnassius clodius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clodius-apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}