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Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Nymphalinae |
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Description:
The male Purple Emperor, like his smaller brother Apatura ilia, is marked by his texture colour, a beautiful
glittering blue irradiation. Sometimes this blue irradiation is evenly distributed over
his wings, sometimes it is not visible, as if vanished in a monotonous dark-brown
background with white spots. Only the males have this texture colors. Like the Lesser Purple Emperor this butterfly lives in woodlands and tracks
with black poplars or tremble poplars. The males can often be found in sunlit clearings,
sucking on carnivore excrements. They are also attracted by human perspiration and by
strong-smelling cheese.
Flight period:
One brood from June to August.
Larval host plants:
Tremble poplars and Black poplars.
Red List Germany: 3
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