When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb2
Mar201
Apr698
May46,481
Jun97,893
Jul84,786
Aug162,449
Sep41,135
Oct332
Nov3
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 37,192 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 29,596 | |
| 3 | Somerset | England | 21,007 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 14,340 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 10,003 | |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | England | 9,710 | |
| 7 | Cumbria | England | 7,930 | |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire | England | 7,807 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 7,523 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 6,444 | |
| 11 | Isle of Wight | England | 6,410 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 5,340 | |
| 13 | Highland | Scotland | 4,794 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 4,340 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 4,335 |
397,306 England15,114 Scotland16,655 Wales3,385 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 435,468
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 122
- Scientific name
- Polyommatus icarus
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 441,442
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Surrey, Somerset, Kent, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Cumbria, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Isle of Wight, Cornwall +78
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Polyommatus
- Name with authority
- Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775)
- Described
- 1775
- Contributing datasets
- 61
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161533 · GBIF 5140214