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Buff ermine

Spilarctia lutea

7,977Records since 2000
JunePeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr11
May808
Jun3,933
Jul2,243
Aug366
Sep74
Oct18
Nov14
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,305
2West Berkshire England681
3Argyll and Bute Scotland592
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland533
5Worcestershire England428
6Suffolk England235
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland164
8Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland158
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland129
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland125
11Cambridgeshire England119
12Norfolk England114
13Telford and Wrekin England108
14Highland Scotland104
15Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland95
5,573 England1,272 Scotland170 Wales928 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,977
Peak month
June
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Spilarctia lutea
Group
Butterflies and moths
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Spilarctia
Name with authority
Spilarctia lutea (Hufnagel, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21324453 · GBIF 8000103