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Beautiful Golden Y

Autographa pulchrina

2,847Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May63
Jun970
Jul1,215
Aug321
Sep25
Oct3
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland606
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland424
3Highland Scotland320
4Worcestershire England202
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland199
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland96
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland86
8West Berkshire England76
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland76
10Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland58
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland50
12Oxfordshire England44
13Norfolk England22
14Telford and Wrekin England20
15North Yorkshire England19
726 England1,469 Scotland28 Wales616 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,847
Peak month
July
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Autographa pulchrina
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,588
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Autographa
Name with authority
Autographa pulchrina (Haworth, 1809)
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q199254 · GBIF 1792411