Parnassius apollo
         
Apollo  
L'Apollon  
           
 
 
 
1] male of Parnassius apollo pyrenaicus alt.1760m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 11/07/2020  
       
       
   
2] other male of ssp. pyrenaicus alt.1760m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 11/07/2020   3] male of ssp. pyrenaicus alt.1700m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2013  
       
       
   
4] male of ssp. pyrenaicus alt.1450m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2013   5] male of ssp. pyrenaicus alt.1760m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2019  
       
       
   
6] other male of ssp. pyrenaicus alt.1760m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2019   7] other male of ssp. pyrenaicus alt.1760m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2019  
       
       
   
8] male of Parnassius apollo alt.1800m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 21/08/2016   9] male alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 06/08/2016
 
 
       
       
   
10] male alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 16/07/2015   11] male alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/07/2015  
       
       
   
12] male alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 16/07/2015   13] male alt.2200m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 21/08/2016  
       
       
   
14] male alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/07/2015   15] male alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 06/08/2016  
       
       
   
16] male alt.1830m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 08/07/2012   17] same specimen as 16]  
       
       
   
18] male alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   19] male alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
   
20]  male - Switzerland - 06/06/2010   21] male - Switzerland - 05/06/2010  
       
       
       
 
22] female of Parnassius apollo alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
   
23] same specimen as 12]

 
  24] female of Parnassius apollo showing a sphragis at the end of its abdomen alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011  
       
       
   
25] close-up of the sphragis of the female shown in 24]   26]  close-up of the sphragis of the female shown in 24]  
       
       
   
27] female alt.1575m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013
 
  28] female alt.800m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
   
29] female alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/07/2015
 
  30] female with a sphragis alt.2250m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 15/08/2014  
       
       
   
31] female alt.1420m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 26/07/2015
 
  32] female alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
   
33] female of ssp. pyrenaicus alt.1760m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2019   34] same specimen as 33] showing a sphragis
 
 
       
       
   
35] mating pair (female above) alt.1900m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/07/2015   36] same scene as 35]
 
 
       
       
   
37] mating pair (female above) alt.1830m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 08/07/2012   38] same scene as 37] (female above)
 
 
       
       
   
39] same scene as 37]  (female above)

 
  40] female laying on random supports (here a thistle) near the host-plant  (Sedum albumalt.2200m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 25/07/2015  
       
       
   
41] close-up of the egg laid by the female from picture 33], immediately after laying - Alpes maritimes (France) - 25/07/2015   42] same egg as 41]

 
 
       
       
   
43] young caterpillar eating on Rhodiola rosea alt.2000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 06/06/2016   44] same larva as 43] on the same head of Rhodiola rosea several days later - Alpes maritimes (France) - 18/06/2016  
       
       
   
45] same larva as 43], resting on a stone in the sun - Alpes maritimes (France) - 18/06/2016   46] same larva as 45]
 
 
       
       
   
47] same larva as 45]



 
  48] rocky slope where plants of genus Sedum are abundant (alt.1802m). The heads of Sedum album are reddish at this time of the year. This plant is the main host-plant for Parnassius apollo caterpillars which were quite numerous on this patch - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 24/05/2020  
       
       
   
49] young caterpillar (ssp. pyrenaicus) alt.1760m feeding on Sedum album - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 24/05/2020

 
  50] caterpillars of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus). There were two types of caterpillars at this place : those with orange spots and those with yellow spots - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020  
       
       
   
51] mature caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus) with yellow spots - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020   52] other mature caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus) with yellow spots - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020  
       
       
   
53] two mature caterpillars of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus) with orange spots. While the larva on the right was motionless, the other arrived from the left. The latter was shifting quickly on the ground and did not even stop before getting away - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020  
54] another  caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus) with orange spots - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020

 
 
       
       
 
55] mature caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus) with orange spots, feeding on Sedum album - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020  
       
       
   
56] same larva as 55]   57] same larva as 55]  
       
       
   
58] caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus) with orange spots, feeding on Sedum anopetalum - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020   59] another caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (ssp. pyrenaicus) with orange spots, feeding on Sedum anopetalum - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1760m (France) - 24/05/2020  
       
       
       
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