When it is recorded
Jan12
Feb7
Mar254
Apr11,227
May53,706
Jun41,887
Jul216,676
Aug173,844
Sep54,611
Oct979
Nov15
Dec15
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 36,535 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 20,964 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 20,767 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 18,656 | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | England | 18,169 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 14,996 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 13,541 | |
| 8 | Norfolk | England | 13,352 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 11,812 | |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | England | 9,666 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 9,569 | |
| 12 | Devon | England | 7,787 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 6,948 | |
| 14 | Worcestershire | England | 6,784 | |
| 15 | Isle of Wight | England | 5,974 |
525,816 England8,941 Scotland15,178 Wales2,867 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 556,981
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 126
- Scientific name
- Pieris brassicae
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 564,809
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Surrey, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Devon +97
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Pieris
- Name with authority
- Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 53
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26764 · GBIF 1920506