When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May390
Jun368
Jul11
Aug9
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isle of Wight | England | 471 | |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 22 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 12 | |
| 4 | Bristol, City of | England | 2 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 1 | |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | England | 1 |
786 England
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 788
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 6
- Scientific name
- Melitaea cinxia
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,569
- Most recorded in
- Isle of Wight
- Conservation designations
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Melitaea
- Name with authority
- Melitaea cinxia Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 7
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q938020 · GBIF 8168644