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Phoebus Apollo

Parnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the phoebus apollo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4.6 cm – 8 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
flowers
Habitat
freshwater, grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
May to August
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Crassulaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the phoebus apollo?

PHOEBUS APOLLO · WINGSPAN 8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the phoebus apollo is about 4.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the phoebus apollo live?

Not recorded

Is the phoebus 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 phoebus apollo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusParnassius
  7. SpeciesParnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793)

Synonyms Papilio phoebus, Parnassius corybas, Parnassius delius var. ruckbeili, Parnassius intermedius f. fortuna, Parnassius phoebus alaskensis, Parnassius phoebus amalthea, Parnassius phoebus apricatus, Parnassius phoebus fortuna, Parnassius phoebus gulschenkoi, Parnassius phoebus nikolaii, Parnassius phoebus ochotskensis, Parnassius phoebus sauricus, Parnassius phoebus tsenguun, Parnassius phoebus vaschenkoi, Parnassius phoebus werschoturovi, Parnassius phoebus zamolodtschikovi

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Phoebus ParnassianEnglish
  • Small ApolloEnglish
  • jasoň alpskýCzech
  • glöyn apolo bachWelsh
  • Lille ApolloDanish
  • AlpenapolloGerman
  • Apolo PequeñoSpanish
  • petit apollonFrench
  • FeboItalian
  • ミヤマウスバJapanese
  • Kleine apollovlinderDutch
  • Аполлон ФебRussian
  • Alpen-ApolloGerman
  • Alpen-ApollofalterGerman
  • Asiatischer AlpenapolloGerman
  • Hochalpen-ApolloGerman
  • Hochalpen-ApollofalterGerman
  • Парусник фебRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the phoebus 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 phoebus apollo?

An adult phoebus apollo has a wingspan of 4.6 cm – 8 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the phoebus apollo eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is the phoebus apollo?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phoebus_apollo_2026,
  title = {Phoebus Apollo (Parnassius phoebus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phoebus-apollo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}