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Heath fritillary

Mellicta athalia

4,096Records since 2000
JunePeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May266
Jun2,818
Jul974
Aug9
Sep28
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England2,767
2Essex England383
3Cornwall England358
4Devon England250
5Somerset England174
6Southend-on-Sea England163
7Suffolk England1
4,096 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,096
Peak month
June
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Mellicta athalia
Group
Butterflies and moths
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Mellicta
Name with authority
Mellicta athalia (von Rottemburg, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15796566 · GBIF 1913328