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Grizzled Skipper

Pyrgus malvae

23,173Records since 2000
MayPeak month
34Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar16
Apr2,994
May14,587
Jun5,300
Jul126
Aug21
Sep7
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England3,742
2Surrey England2,293
3Somerset England2,006
4Lincolnshire England997
5Oxfordshire England896
6Isle of Wight England459
7Kent England401
8Northamptonshire England259
9Worcestershire England217
10Gloucestershire England182
11West Berkshire England147
12Devon England144
13Brighton and Hove England129
14Cambridgeshire England113
15Bristol, City of England79
23,019 England154 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
23,173
Peak month
May
Counties with records
34
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pyrgus malvae
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
22,989
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Pyrgus
Name with authority
Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1109803 · GBIF 8109173