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Large tortoiseshell

Nymphalis polychloros

61Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr16
May13
Jun5
Jul16
Aug7
Sep1
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Wight England8
2Kent England7
3North Yorkshire England4
4Somerset England3
5Suffolk England2
6East Riding of Yorkshire England2
7City of Edinburgh Scotland2
8Sandwell England2
9Luton England2
10Norfolk England1
11Dorset England1
12Cornwall England1
13Devon England1
14Cumbria England1
15Nottinghamshire England1
58 England3 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
61
Peak month
April
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Nymphalis polychloros
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
71
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Nymphalis
Name with authority
Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163771 · GBIF 7762841