What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Apollo been recorded?

Parnassius apollo occurrence evidence comes from 40,421 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1848 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaLepidopteraPapilionidaeParnassius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

40,421 records across 28 countries and territories, 1848–2026.

Parnassius apollo · GBIF taxon key 1938810

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18482026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Apollo has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Apollo. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 35,480
Austria 3,470
Italy 359
Spain 278
Germany 230
France 183
Switzerland 120
Romania 120
Åland Islands 55
Russia 34
Andorra 19
Liechtenstein 19
Slovakia 14
Kazakhstan 11
Slovenia 5
Türkiye 4
Greece 3
Luxembourg 3
ZZ 3
Montenegro 2
Norway 2
Bulgaria 1
China 1
Czechia 1
Georgia 1
Croatia 1
Hungary 1
Mongolia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.