Imperial Apollo

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

8 cm – 9.9 cm

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Larval food plants

Papaveraceae family

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 imperator Oberthür, 1883

Synonyms Eukoramius imperator, Eukoramius imperator cedermarki, Eukoramius imperator f. disjuncta, Parnassius augustus dominikae, Parnassius augustus panna, Parnassius imperatar hoshinoi, Parnassius imperator acalanatha, Parnassius imperator augustus, Parnassius imperator aungsani, Parnassius imperator dominus, Parnassius imperator duohao, Parnassius imperator f. alticola, Parnassius imperator gigas, Parnassius imperator haveli, Parnassius imperator imposantus, Parnassius imperator interjungens, Parnassius imperator irmae, Parnassius imperator jiyetiani, Parnassius imperator karmapa, Parnassius imperator kawasakii, Parnassius imperator luxuriosus, Parnassius imperator mahamayuri, Parnassius imperator musagetus, Parnassius imperator musetta, Parnassius imperator namchawarwanus, Parnassius imperator quaidami, Parnassius imperator regina, Parnassius imperator regulus, Parnassius imperator rex, Parnassius imperator soi, Parnassius imperator sultan, Parnassius imperator supremus, Parnassius imperator takashii, Parnassius imperator tara, Parnassius imperator titus, Parnassius imperator tyrannus, Parnassius imperator vajramusti, Parnassius imperator var. musageta, Parnassius imperator venustus, Tadumia imperator, Tadumia imperator aino, Tadumia imperator evansi, Tadumia imperator interjungens, Tadumia imperator irmae

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

CompareImperial Apollo vs ApolloImperial Apollo vs Clouded ApolloImperial Apollo vs Phoebus ApolloImperial Apollo vs Eversmann's Apollo

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@misc{imperial_apollo_2026,
  title = {Imperial Apollo (Parnassius imperator)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/imperial-apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}