When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb64
Mar3,683
Apr94,665
May100,281
Jun38,056
Jul47,797
Aug50,131
Sep14,023
Oct278
Nov5
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | England | 37,309 | |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 25,059 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 10,637 | |
| 4 | Somerset | England | 9,648 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 9,334 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 9,094 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 7,124 | |
| 8 | Cumbria | England | 5,530 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 4,971 | |
| 10 | Suffolk | England | 3,989 | |
| 11 | Gloucestershire | England | 3,499 | |
| 12 | Worcestershire | England | 2,608 | |
| 13 | Medway | England | 2,134 | |
| 14 | Essex | England | 2,128 | |
| 15 | Bristol, City of | England | 2,101 |
346,816 England13 Scotland2,963 Wales1 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 349,817
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 84
- Scientific name
- Gonepteryx rhamni
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 348,428
- Most recorded in
- Surrey, Dorset, Cambridgeshire, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Cumbria, Devon, Suffolk, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire +41
- Conservation designations
- Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Gonepteryx
- Name with authority
- Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 32
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q206474 · GBIF 1920712