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Green Hairstreak

Callophrys rubi

30,308Records since 2000
MayPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar21
Apr3,939
May18,420
Jun6,753
Jul629
Aug36
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England2,466
2Surrey England2,353
3Somerset England1,077
4Gloucestershire England1,052
5Cumbria England989
6Highland Scotland988
7Devon England819
8Kent England796
9Worcestershire England785
10Oxfordshire England696
11Cambridgeshire England640
12Cornwall England611
13Lincolnshire England558
14Suffolk England461
15Isle of Wight England329
27,554 England1,796 Scotland621 Wales151 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
30,308
Peak month
May
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Callophrys rubi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
31,584
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Callophrys
Name with authority
Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1345952 · GBIF 1932411