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Lilac beauty

Apeira syringaria

312Records since 2000
JunePeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May3
Jun135
Jul93
Aug15
Sep21
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England58
2Worcestershire England30
3West Berkshire England20
4Cambridgeshire England17
5Kent England7
6Pembrokeshire Wales7
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
8Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland7
9Bracknell Forest England6
10Norfolk England5
11Telford and Wrekin England5
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
13Suffolk England4
14Dorset England3
15Cornwall England3
272 England5 Scotland13 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
312
Peak month
June
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Apeira syringaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
292
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Apeira
Name with authority
Apeira syringaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1428387 · GBIF 1962860