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Adonis Blue

Lysandra bellargus

32,407Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar20
Apr43
May5,631
Jun7,813
Jul710
Aug10,192
Sep7,958
Oct19
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England9,831
2Surrey England2,954
3Kent England2,533
4Isle of Wight England1,634
5Gloucestershire England1,440
6Brighton and Hove England406
7West Berkshire England374
8Oxfordshire England191
9Medway England180
10Suffolk England102
11Somerset England25
12Cambridgeshire England17
13Bath and North East Somerset England3
14Devon England2
32,404 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
32,407
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Lysandra bellargus
Group
Butterflies and moths
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Lysandra
Name with authority
Lysandra bellargus (von Rottemburg, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25699504 · GBIF 1925233