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Habrosyne pyritoides

2,259Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May12
Jun581
Jul1,274
Aug77
Sep10
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England267
2Worcestershire England241
3Oxfordshire England183
4Cambridgeshire England85
5Norfolk England74
6Kent England67
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland57
8Suffolk England51
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland49
10Sefton England45
11Telford and Wrekin England44
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland38
13Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland33
14Surrey England31
15Bracknell Forest England31
1,904 England2 Scotland75 Wales268 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,259
Peak month
July
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Habrosyne pyritoides
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,016
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Drepanidae
Genus
Habrosyne
Name with authority
Habrosyne pyritoides Hufnagel, 1767
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1761010 · GBIF 1952062