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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Arthropoda > Class: Insecta > Order: Lepidoptera > Family: Papilionidae > Genus: Parnassius > Species: Parnassius apollo > See subspecies
Scientific name Source
Parnassius apollo subsp. apollo Linnaeus, 1758 CITES (2006)

Apollo - Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by EU Habitats Directive and 3 other international agreements
Most preferred habitats
  • grassland
  • sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in
  • woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code 1057

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

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Legal status

Legal text Annex Conditions More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive) http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention) http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) http://www.cites.org/eng
Commission regulation (EU) No 1320/2014, of 1 December 2014, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (EU regulation of trade of fauna and flora) http://ec.europa.eu/environm...s/legislation_en.htm

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Apollo Danish Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S.
Apollo English Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S.
Apollofalter German Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S.
Apollosommerfugl Norwegian Direktoratet for Naturforvaltning
Apollovlinder Dutch Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S.
l'Apollon French Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S.
Niepylak apollo Polish Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S.
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS search Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Species+ Species+ by UNEP-WCMC
Wikipedia Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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