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Clouded Apollo

Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The clouded apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) is a species in the family Papilionidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Iran.

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Quick facts about the clouded apollo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5 cm – 6.6 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
flowers
Habitat
grassland, shrubland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
April to August
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Papaveraceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the clouded apollo?

CLOUDED APOLLO · WINGSPAN 6.6 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.6 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the clouded apollo is about 3.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the clouded apollo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The clouded apollo is listed for 1 country.

Iran
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Iran

Is the clouded 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 clouded apollo classified?

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

Synonyms Driopa mnemosyne cassiensis, Driopa mnemosyne cayollensis, Driopa mnemosyne ceuzensis, Driopa mnemosyne diniana, Driopa mnemosyne excelsa, Driopa mnemosyne gallica, Driopa mnemosyne helvetica, Driopa mnemosyne matuta, Driopa mnemosyne montdorensis, Driopa mnemosyne parmenides, Driopa mnemosyne rencurelensis, Driopa mnemosyne turatii, Driopa mnemosyne vernetana, Driopa mnemosyne vivarica, Papilio mnemosyne, Papilio mnemosyne arollaensis, Parnassius mnemosyne ab. pyraenaica, Parnassius mnemosyne amanusica, Parnassius mnemosyne angorae, Parnassius mnemosyne apoldi, Parnassius mnemosyne ariovistus, Parnassius mnemosyne athene, Parnassius mnemosyne balcanica, Parnassius mnemosyne batava, Parnassius mnemosyne bischoffi, Parnassius mnemosyne bohemien, Parnassius mnemosyne bosniacus, Parnassius mnemosyne bulgarica, Parnassius mnemosyne cassiensis, Parnassius mnemosyne cayollensis, Parnassius mnemosyne ceuzensis, Parnassius mnemosyne cibinensis, Parnassius mnemosyne cosenzaensis, Parnassius mnemosyne craspedontis, Parnassius mnemosyne cuneifer, Parnassius mnemosyne czekelii, Parnassius mnemosyne daghestanus, Parnassius mnemosyne danilovi, Parnassius mnemosyne demaculatus, Parnassius mnemosyne dinianus, Parnassius mnemosyne dioszeghyi, Parnassius mnemosyne distincta, Parnassius mnemosyne elisabethae, Parnassius mnemosyne excelsus, Parnassius mnemosyne f. anglardi, Parnassius mnemosyne f. umbratilis, Parnassius mnemosyne farsica, Parnassius mnemosyne fasseliana, Parnassius mnemosyne gallicus, Parnassius mnemosyne guccinii, Parnassius mnemosyne helveticus, Parnassius mnemosyne hunti, Parnassius mnemosyne kocaki, Parnassius mnemosyne kromeri, Parnassius mnemosyne lessinicus, Parnassius mnemosyne matuta, Parnassius mnemosyne memnon, Parnassius mnemosyne mesoleucus, Parnassius mnemosyne mixtus, Parnassius mnemosyne mneme, Parnassius mnemosyne montdorensis, Parnassius mnemosyne noacki, Parnassius mnemosyne parmenides, Parnassius mnemosyne parnassia, Parnassius mnemosyne parvimacula, Parnassius mnemosyne parvus, Parnassius mnemosyne pfeifferi, Parnassius mnemosyne rencurelensis, Parnassius mnemosyne republicanus, Parnassius mnemosyne rogervarleti, Parnassius mnemosyne sarafschana, Parnassius mnemosyne sbordonii, Parnassius mnemosyne schweigeri, Parnassius mnemosyne silesiacus, Parnassius mnemosyne similis, Parnassius mnemosyne slovakiensis, Parnassius mnemosyne sulmonensis, Parnassius mnemosyne tadschikistana, Parnassius mnemosyne talboti, Parnassius mnemosyne taygetana, Parnassius mnemosyne tergestus, Parnassius mnemosyne timanicus, Parnassius mnemosyne tjumensis, Parnassius mnemosyne tubulus, Parnassius mnemosyne turatii, Parnassius mnemosyne tzvetajevi, Parnassius mnemosyne ugrjumovi, Parnassius mnemosyne valentinae, Parnassius mnemosyne var. gigantea, Parnassius mnemosyne var. minor, Parnassius mnemosyne var. ochracea, Parnassius mnemosyne velinensis, Parnassius mnemosyne vernetanus, Parnassius mnemosyne viidaleppi, Parnassius mnemosyne vivaricus, Parnassius turatii, Parnassius turatii dinianus, Parnassius turatii parmenides, Parnassius turatii vernetanus

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • أبولو الغائمArabic
  • МнемазінаBelarusian
  • MnemòsineCatalan
  • jasoň dymnivkovýCzech
  • MnemosyneDanish
  • Schwarzer ApolloGerman
  • Blanca de AssoSpanish
  • mustlaik-apolloEstonian
  • PikkuapolloFinnish
  • Semi-ApollonFrench
  • שלגן חרמוניHebrew
  • Crni apolonCroatian
  • kis apollólepkeHungarian
  • ՄնեմոզինաArmenian
  • MnemosineItalian
  • クロホシウスバシロチョウJapanese
  • Juodasis ApolonasLithuanian
  • Cīrulīšu dižtauriņšLatvian
  • mnemosynesommerfuglNorwegian Bokmål
  • Zwarte apollovlinderDutch
  • mnemosynesommarfuglNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Niepylak mnemozynaPolish
  • jasoň chochlačkovýSlovak
  • črni apolonSlovenian
  • NunneapolloSwedish
  • Dumanlı ApolloTurkish
  • МнемозинаUkrainian
  • Parnassius mnemosyneWaray
  • Hvid bjergridderDanish
  • Øjeløs bjergridderDanish
  • Sort apolloDanish
  • Schwarzer ApollofalterGerman
  • Le Semi-apollonFrench
  • צבעוני החרמוןHebrew
  • սև ապոլոնArmenian
  • MnemosynefjärilSwedish
  • svart apolloSwedish
  • svart apollofjärilSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clouded 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 clouded apollo?

An adult clouded apollo has a wingspan of 5 cm – 6.6 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the clouded apollo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the clouded apollo for 1 country: Iran. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What does the clouded apollo eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is the clouded apollo?

The clouded apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) belongs to the family Papilionidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clouded-apollo

MLA

“Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/clouded-apollo.

BibTeX
@misc{clouded_apollo_2026,
  title = {Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clouded-apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}