#3046 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Clouded Apollo

🇳🇱 Zwarte apollovlinder ·Parnassius mnemosyne

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Michael Bierbaumer · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jiri Hodecek · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Attila Steiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Tatyana Zarubo · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Alexander Yakovlev · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Yannick Chittaro · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. © Alexander Yakovlev · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The clouded Apollo ( Parnassius mnemosyne ) is a butterfly species of the family of swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae) found in the Palearctic ecozone.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,072iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,072 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).