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Large Emerald

Geometra papilionaria

1,054Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr6
May11
Jun153
Jul597
Aug125
Sep5
Oct1
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland113
2Worcestershire England112
3West Berkshire England111
4Highland Scotland107
5Oxfordshire England56
6Cambridgeshire England45
7Kent England37
8Suffolk England29
9Surrey England25
10Norfolk England17
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
12Bracknell Forest England17
13Telford and Wrekin England16
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland16
691 England258 Scotland22 Wales75 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,054
Peak month
July
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Geometra papilionaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
945
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Geometra
Name with authority
Geometra papilionaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1318172 · GBIF 5144534