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Lesser Swallow Prominent

Pheosia gnoma

2,833Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr196
May466
Jun304
Jul654
Aug808
Sep74
Oct3
Nov10
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland363
2West Berkshire England290
3Worcestershire England271
4Highland Scotland217
5Suffolk England171
6Oxfordshire England133
7Bracknell Forest England73
8Kent England69
9Cambridgeshire England65
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland48
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland46
12North Yorkshire England44
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland34
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland34
15Telford and Wrekin England34
1,892 England652 Scotland32 Wales251 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,833
Peak month
August
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Pheosia gnoma
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,555
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Notodontidae
Genus
Pheosia
Name with authority
Pheosia gnoma Fabricius, 1776
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q865512 · GBIF 1825971