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title: "Apollo"
description: "Parnassius apollo — Insetti e ragni. The Apollo (Parnassius apollo), also called the mountain Apollo, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/apollo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Apollo

> Parnassius apollo — Insetti e ragni. The Apollo (Parnassius apollo), also called the mountain Apollo, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.

- Scientific name: *Parnassius apollo*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 10246
- Wikidata: [Q41633](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41633)
- iNaturalist taxon: [108799](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108799)

## Names

- en: Apollo
- de: Roter Apollo
- es: Apolo
- fr: Apollon
- nl: Apollovlinder
- pl: Niepylak apollo

## Countries with the most observations

IT (2332), FR (2319), ES (979), RU (931), CH (637), AT (422), SE (257), DE (211), FI (145), KZ (113), AX (112), TR (71)

## Summary

The Apollo (Parnassius apollo), also called the mountain Apollo, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(butterfly)

## Photo

![Apollo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/apollo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Del Barba · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125903174

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/apollo?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).