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Buff-tip

Phalera bucephala

5,604Records since 2000
JunePeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr28
May927
Jun2,020
Jul1,637
Aug364
Sep212
Oct15
Nov16
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England725
2West Berkshire England545
3Argyll and Bute Scotland378
4Worcestershire England341
5Norfolk England134
6Suffolk England132
7Bracknell Forest England130
8Highland Scotland118
9Cambridgeshire England111
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland98
11Kent England79
12Surrey England69
13Devon England64
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland58
15Essex England53
4,492 England663 Scotland179 Wales257 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,604
Peak month
June
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Phalera bucephala
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,574
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Notodontidae
Genus
Phalera
Name with authority
Phalera bucephala 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 Q1621049 · GBIF 5119245