CLOUDED APOLLO
Parnassius mnemosyne

Without red pattern, 45-60 millimetres Wingspread, wing tips often translucent, as with other Apollo species.

Forage Plants: members of the Corydalis family. Found in the Alps, the Ticino region and in the vicinity of Schaffhausen, mostly between 800 and 1300 metres above sea level, but also in lower and higher regions.

As the forage plant of the caterpillar is to be found in the forest, yet the full-grown butterfly prefers meadows with many flowers, the clouded Apollo requires densely structured landscapes, where it will find both woods and open landscape close together. Therefore it has a preference for traditional, semi-open farming and forestry landscapes.




Text: Stefan Ineichen, ecologist, Zürich
Pictures: www.schmetterling-raupe.de

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