When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May4
Jun10
Jul884
Aug6,135
Sep794
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | England | 3,037 | |
| 2 | Oxfordshire | England | 559 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 277 | |
| 4 | Dorset | England | 83 |
7,837 England
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 7,841
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 4
- Scientific name
- Hesperia comma
- Also known as
- Silver spotted skipper
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 7,745
- Most recorded in
- Surrey, Oxfordshire, Kent, Dorset
- Conservation designations
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Hesperia
- Name with authority
- Hesperia comma Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 9
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7633472