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Jersey Tiger

Euplagia quadripunctaria

3,666Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar5
Apr43
May36
Jun27
Jul1,433
Aug2,050
Sep70
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England132
2Oxfordshire England125
3Devon England99
4Somerset England65
5Essex England54
6Surrey England47
7Kent England45
8Bracknell Forest England32
9Dorset England29
10Cornwall England29
11Bristol, City of England28
12Bath and North East Somerset England27
13Cambridgeshire England25
14Suffolk England23
15Plymouth England13
3,636 England29 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,666
Peak month
August
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Euplagia quadripunctaria
Also known as
Jersey Tiger Moth
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,319
Conservation designations
Habitats Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Euplagia
Name with authority
Euplagia quadripunctaria (Poda, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q937987 · GBIF 4532532