Male

Female

Forewing Length: 31-40mm;
Wingspan: 60-74mm;
Proboscis Length: 17mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
July - August (10 Days)	August - June	June - July	June - August (Earliest: 26.6)

Biotopes:	Beech Forest	Spruce Forest	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous)	Most Salicaceae	Alnus glutinosa
Food: (Adult)	Liquid Dung	Angelica sylvestris Nectar
Parasitoids:	Ichneumon vorax Larva	Trogus lapidator Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Apatura iris
UK Butterflies Purple Emperor
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Apatura iris
Lepiforum: Apatura iris

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