When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb3
Mar1
Apr12
May370
Jun2,755
Jul2,642
Aug638
Sep201
Oct10
Nov1
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 966 | |
| 2 | West Berkshire | England | 802 | |
| 3 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 339 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 326 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 239 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 130 | |
| 7 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 115 | |
| 8 | Sefton | England | 112 | |
| 9 | Suffolk | England | 110 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 86 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 74 | |
| 12 | Bracknell Forest | England | 73 | |
| 13 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 70 | |
| 14 | Gwynedd | Wales | 61 | |
| 15 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 58 |
5,807 England651 Scotland208 Wales346 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 7,042
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 98
- Scientific name
- Deilephila elpenor
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,461
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Argyll and Bute, Worcestershire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Sefton, Suffolk, Kent, Highland, Bracknell Forest +7
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Deilephila
- Name with authority
- Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 35
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161384 · GBIF 1864377