Nymphalidae Apaturinae Apaturini Apatura iris Thaleropis ionia
Apatura metis Freyer, 1829
Freyer's Purple Emperor

Genus: Apatura Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Apatura Fabricius, 1807

A. metis (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Southern Hungary, June 22, 2008
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
A. metis (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (female), Southern Hungary, June 22, 2008
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
A. metis (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Southern Hungary, June 22, 2008
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
A. metis (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Southern Hungary, June 22, 2008
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
A. metis (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (female), Southern Hungary, June 22, 2008
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
A. metis (© Oleg Kosterin)
Adult (male), Onon River right bank floodland, 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, July 5, 1995
(Photo by Oleg Kosterin, WildLife photography in Siberia and Central Asia)
A. metis (© Oleg Kosterin)
Adult (male), Irtysh River left arm within the Omsk City, West Siberia, Russia, August 30, 1994
(Photo by Oleg Kosterin, WildLife photography in Siberia and Central Asia)
A. metis (© Oleg Kosterin)
Adult (female), Onon River left bank floodland, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, July 1, 1996
(Photo by Oleg Kosterin, WildLife photography in Siberia and Central Asia)

Foodplants:
Salix alba

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