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Glaucous shears

Papestra biren

350Records since 2000
MayPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr17
May265
Jun42
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland151
2Highland Scotland65
3Argyll and Bute Scotland53
4Worcestershire England21
5Perth and Kinross Scotland9
6Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
7Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
9Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland2
10Gwynedd Wales1
11Carmarthenshire Wales1
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
13Stirling Scotland1
14Telford and Wrekin England1
15Belfast Northern Ireland1
35 England286 Scotland3 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
350
Peak month
May
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Papestra biren
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
333
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Papestra
Name with authority
Papestra biren Goeze, 1781
Described
1781

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1551944 · GBIF 1788917