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High Brown Fritillary

Fabriciana adippe

7,234Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar12
Apr3
May6
Jun1,390
Jul4,741
Aug1,052
Sep5
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England3,301
2Devon England820
3Powys Wales57
4Herefordshire, County of England43
7,099 England135 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,234
Peak month
July
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Fabriciana adippe
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,200
Most recorded in
Cumbria, Devon, Powys
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, 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
Nymphalidae
Genus
Fabriciana
Name with authority
Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13846270 · GBIF 7809779