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Emperor

Saturnia pavonia

1,324Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar25
Apr376
May323
Jun182
Jul231
Aug107
Sep17
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland188
2Highland Scotland162
3Argyll and Bute Scotland134
4Worcestershire England68
5Isle of Anglesey Wales40
6Dorset England28
7West Berkshire England27
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland24
9Oxfordshire England23
10Pembrokeshire Wales22
11Perth and Kinross Scotland19
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland19
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland18
14Suffolk England17
15Devon England17
485 England592 Scotland124 Wales119 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,324
Peak month
April
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Saturnia pavonia
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
964
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Saturniidae
Genus
Saturnia
Name with authority
Saturnia pavonia 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 Q30964 · GBIF 1867820