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Lesser Butterfly-orchid

Platanthera bifolia

606Records since 2000
JunePeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May29
Jun348
Jul163
Aug12
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland133
2Argyll and Bute Scotland107
3Aberdeenshire Scotland35
4Cumbria England32
5Carmarthenshire Wales21
6East Ayrshire Scotland20
7West Dunbartonshire Scotland17
8North Ayrshire Scotland16
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
10South Ayrshire Scotland12
11Ceredigion Wales12
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland12
13Powys Wales10
14Worcestershire England8
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland8
110 England348 Scotland53 Wales17 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
606
Peak month
June
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Platanthera bifolia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,186
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Platanthera
Name with authority
Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157433 · GBIF 9213153