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Copper Peacock Beetle

Elaphrus cupreus

1,296Records since 2000
MayPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar7
Apr168
May381
Jun347
Jul165
Aug59
Sep26
Oct11
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England86
2Norfolk England63
3Highland Scotland61
4Lincolnshire England56
5Worcestershire England44
6Kent England37
7Devon England36
8Suffolk England33
9Dorset England33
10Isle of Anglesey Wales31
11Cumbria England28
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland26
13Powys Wales24
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland23
15Essex England21
951 England141 Scotland88 Wales109 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,296
Peak month
May
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Elaphrus cupreus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,292
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Elaphrus
Name with authority
Elaphrus cupreus Duftschmid, 1812
Described
1812
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q932288 · GBIF 4473319