---
title: "Mieniak strużnik"
description: "Apatura ilia — Owady i pająki. Apatura ilia, the lesser purple emperor, is a species of butterfly native to most of Europe and east across the Palearctic."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lesser-purple-emperor
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mieniak strużnik

> Apatura ilia — Owady i pająki. Apatura ilia, the lesser purple emperor, is a species of butterfly native to most of Europe and east across the Palearctic.

- Scientific name: *Apatura ilia*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 15516
- Wikidata: [Q514036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514036)
- iNaturalist taxon: [322024](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/322024)

## Names

- en: Lesser Purple Emperor
- de: Kleiner Schillerfalter
- es: Tornasolada Chica
- fr: Petit Mars changeant
- nl: Kleine weerschijnvlinder
- pl: Mieniak strużnik

## Countries with the most observations

RU (2635), DE (1776), FR (1740), IT (1657), AT (1082), PL (757), CZ (733), UA (721), CN (666), FI (409), ES (339), HU (329)

## Summary

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

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

## Photo

![Mieniak strużnik](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-purple-emperor/medium.jpg)

Photo: Christian Müllner · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230759809

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-purple-emperor?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).