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Scoliopteryx libatrix

1,444Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb32
Mar47
Apr198
May205
Jun129
Jul334
Aug134
Sep96
Oct70
Nov37
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England163
2Worcestershire England96
3Argyll and Bute Scotland64
4West Berkshire England49
5Cambridgeshire England44
6Highland Scotland40
7Gwynedd Wales30
8Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland30
9Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland29
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland25
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland24
12Suffolk England19
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland19
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland18
15Telford and Wrekin England17
1,004 England166 Scotland94 Wales172 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,444
Peak month
July
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Scoliopteryx libatrix
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,097
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Scoliopteryx
Name with authority
Scoliopteryx libatrix Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q139954 · GBIF 1798449