---
title: "Purple Emperor"
description: "Apatura iris — Insetos e aranhas. Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/purple-emperor
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple Emperor

> Apatura iris — Insetos e aranhas. Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Apatura iris*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 8547
- Wikidata: [Q30982](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30982)
- iNaturalist taxon: [343324](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343324)

## Names

- en: Purple Emperor
- de: Großer Schillerfalter
- es: Tornasolada Mayor
- fr: Grand Mars changeant
- nl: Grote weerschijnvlinder
- pl: Mieniak tęczowiec

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1213), RU (1114), FR (661), IT (561), DK (458), AT (456), SE (395), GB (359), CZ (342), PL (292), FI (266), LT (219)

## Summary

Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

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

## Photo

![Purple Emperor](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-emperor/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289859605

## Machine access

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