Skip to content
Latest:
  • Breeders meeting in Karkonosze National Park
  • Apollo Patron of the Arts – meeting with the artists
  • Apollo is back on an international mission! – ECE Conference in France
  • LIFE Apollo2020 at International LIFE Meetings in Poland and Czechia (2026)
  • A video about the Apollo butterfly has won a prestigious award at the 20th FilmAT Festival!
Friday, September 11, 2026
Parnassius apollo project LIFE Apollo2020
  • Parnassius Apollo
    • The project
    • Project partners
    • Project team
    • Austrian Alps
    • Sudetes
    • White Carpathians
    • Conference 2022
      • Plenary panel: Species
      • Habitat and species protection
      • Conservation Guidance and engagement
      • Workshops
      • Excursions
      • Gallery
      • Press
  • Apollo articles
    • Events
    • Monitoring
    • Butterflies for Beginners
    • #followapollo
  • Get involved
    • Austria
    • Poland
    • Czech Republic
    • #followapollo
    • Become a volunteer
    • Tenders
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
    • Imprint
    • Privacy Statement (EU)
    • Disclaimer
    • Cookie Policy (EU)
    • Terms & conditions
  • English
    • Deutsch (German)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Čeština (Czech)
Parnassius apollo project LIFE Apollo2020
  • Parnassius Apollo
    • The project
    • Project partners
    • Project team
    • Austrian Alps
    • Sudetes
    • White Carpathians
    • Conference 2022
      • Plenary panel: Species
      • Habitat and species protection
      • Conservation Guidance and engagement
      • Workshops
      • Excursions
      • Gallery
      • Press
  • Apollo articles
    • Events
    • Monitoring
    • Butterflies for Beginners
    • #followapollo
  • Get involved
    • Austria
    • Poland
    • Czech Republic
    • #followapollo
    • Become a volunteer
    • Tenders
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
    • Imprint
    • Privacy Statement (EU)
    • Disclaimer
    • Cookie Policy (EU)
    • Terms & conditions
  • English
    • Deutsch (German)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Čeština (Czech)
Monitoring

Livestock Grazing’s Role in Preserving Apollo’s Habitat

By Vlado Vancura Introduction Domestic grazers, like livestock, might seem to be an unexpected ally for Apollo butterflies. Their role

Read More
Butterflies for beginners

2024: Mosel’s Apollo crowned as Butterfly of the Year!

In 2024, the charming Mosel region has crowned the Apollo Butterfly as its Butterfly of the Year! This magnificent insect

Read More
Project news

Happy Winter Holidays!

As snow covers the landscape, marking the end of the Apollo butterfly season, our project team wrapped up the outdoor

Read More
Butterflies for beginners

The beauty of butterfly wings

Butterfly wings are the most striking part of a butterfly’s body and are certainly the reason why butterflies are so

Read More
#followapolloEvents

Educational activities for the Apollo butterfly in Poland in 2023

Education is one of the key tasks of the LIFE Apollo2020 project. The population of the Apollo butterfly Parnassius apollo

Read More
dog/naturschutzhunde
Monitoring

How dogs assist in the detection of Apollo caterpillars

People discovered the sensitivity of a dog’s nose thousands of years ago, initially using it for hunting. Fast forward to

Read More
Events

October 2023 was a month of conferences!

In October, LIFE Apollo2020 was presented at two significant conferences! 1) The European Congress of Entomology 2023 (ECE 2023) The

Read More
Butterflies for beginners

Decline of Parnassius apollo

Parnassius apollo, commonly known as the Apollo butterfly, is a beautiful and iconic species of butterfly found in Europe and

Read More
Events

LIFE Apollo2020 is present at the XII European Congress of Entomology 2023!

The XII European Congress of Entomology 2023 (ECE 2023) is set to take place in Heraklion, Crete, from the 16th

Read More
Butterflies for beginners

Parnassius apollo: The umbrella species guarding biodiversity

When it comes to protecting our planet’s valuable biodiversity, it sometimes takes a hero to defend the masses. The Parnassius

Read More
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Conservation of Parnassius apollo in Czechia, Poland and Austria

Natura2000

Disclaimer LIFE

The  APOLLO2020 LIFE20 NAT/PL/000151 project is receiving funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union. Project beneficiaries take full responsibility for the materials included on this website. European Commission or the CINEA is not responsible for materials or any use that may be made of the information the website contains. In addition from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (in Poland) and from the Ministry of Environment  ( in the Czech Republic)

Copyright © 2026 European Wilderness Society, https://www.wilderness-society.org. All rights reserved.

Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}