When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb1
Mar29
Apr125
May203
Jun616
Jul1,952
Aug7,482
Sep4,663
Oct276
Nov8
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 2,986 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 1,166 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 689 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 589 | |
| 5 | Isle of Wight | England | 525 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 454 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 432 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 386 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 184 | |
| 10 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 158 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 134 | |
| 12 | Suffolk | England | 114 | |
| 13 | Worcestershire | England | 113 | |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire | England | 107 | |
| 15 | Brighton and Hove | England | 94 |
14,752 England102 Scotland561 Wales48 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 15,481
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 79
- Scientific name
- Colias croceus
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 16,012
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Surrey, Kent, Isle of Wight, Devon, Cornwall, Essex, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk +9
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Colias
- Name with authority
- Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Described
- 1785
- Contributing datasets
- 29
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q520871 · GBIF 5137612