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Frosted Orange

Gortyna flavago

1,040Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May2
Jun7
Jul6
Aug183
Sep661
Oct75
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England197
2West Berkshire England99
3Worcestershire England89
4Argyll and Bute Scotland47
5Norfolk England32
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland32
7Cambridgeshire England27
8Suffolk England25
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland21
10Highland Scotland19
11Kent England17
12Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland16
13Devon England15
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland14
15Surrey England11
810 England92 Scotland18 Wales117 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,040
Peak month
September
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Gortyna flavago
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
915
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Gortyna
Name with authority
Gortyna flavago (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5506204 · GBIF 1768341