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Common red Apollo

Parnassius epaphus Oberthür, 1879

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the common red apollo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
3.63 cm – 5.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
June to August
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Crassulaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the common red apollo?

COMMON RED APOLLO · WINGSPAN 5.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.2 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the common red apollo is about 3.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the common red apollo live?

Not recorded

Is the common red 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 common red apollo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusParnassius
  7. SpeciesParnassius epaphus Oberthür, 1879

Synonyms Parnassius bashahricus, Parnassius epaphus abruptus, Parnassius epaphus beiki, Parnassius epaphus boschmai, Parnassius epaphus capdevillei, Parnassius epaphus dolma, Parnassius epaphus emeritus, Parnassius epaphus epichorius, Parnassius epaphus epicus, Parnassius epaphus gautama, Parnassius epaphus gyaella, Parnassius epaphus heliae, Parnassius epaphus hinducucica, Parnassius epaphus huwei, Parnassius epaphus kampsi, Parnassius epaphus kotzschi, Parnassius epaphus nomionides, Parnassius epaphus phariensis, Parnassius epaphus pictor, Parnassius epaphus puer, Parnassius epaphus rafael, Parnassius epaphus rienki, Parnassius epaphus robertsi, Parnassius epaphus sculptor, Parnassius epaphus shantana, Parnassius epaphus subtilis, Parnassius epaphus tsaiae, Parnassius epaphus var. epaphactius

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common red 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 common red apollo?

An adult common red apollo has a wingspan of 3.63 cm – 5.2 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common red apollo?

The common red apollo (Parnassius epaphus) 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). Common red Apollo (Parnassius epaphus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-red-apollo

MLA

“Common red Apollo (Parnassius epaphus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-red-apollo.

BibTeX
@misc{common_red_apollo_2026,
  title = {Common red Apollo (Parnassius epaphus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-red-apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}