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Large Heath

Coenonympha tullia

3,140Records since 2000
JunePeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May42
Jun1,759
Jul1,205
Aug81
Sep4
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales549
2Highland Scotland437
3Cumbria England415
4Wrexham Wales299
5Worcestershire England276
6Doncaster England233
7Argyll and Bute Scotland166
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland162
9Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland133
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland91
11Gwynedd Wales62
12North Yorkshire England52
13South Lanarkshire Scotland35
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland35
15Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland34
972 England991 Scotland932 Wales136 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,140
Peak month
June
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Coenonympha tullia
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,946
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, 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
Coenonympha
Name with authority
Coenonympha tullia Müller, 1764
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1467348 · GBIF 1911112