#2948 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lesser Purple Emperor

🇳🇱 Kleine weerschijnvlinder ·Apatura ilia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Ombrosoparacloucycle · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Fausto · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Lobau, Donau-Auen:© Petra Urbanek · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Cochem-Zell, DE-RP, DE:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 64832 Babenhausen, Germany:© grinnin · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 30300 Vallabrègues, France:© Bastien Louboutin · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Provincia di Cremona, Italia:© Fausto · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Apatura ilia , the lesser purple emperor , is a species of butterfly native to most of Europe and temperate Asia. It is named for its similarity to the purple emperor butterfly.

base stats

NL sightings 6iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,625iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).