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Blackneck

Lygephila pastinum

365Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun135
Jul158
Aug6
Sep19
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England66
2West Berkshire England46
3Worcestershire England27
4Cambridgeshire England26
5Sefton England11
6Telford and Wrekin England11
7East Riding of Yorkshire England7
8Norfolk England5
9Suffolk England5
10Rutland England5
11Cheshire East England5
12Surrey England4
13Dorset England4
14Kent England3
15Essex England3
353 England1 Scotland6 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
365
Peak month
July
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Lygephila pastinum
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
288
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Lygephila
Name with authority
Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826
Described
1826

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1303457 · GBIF 4532405